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Did the Rangers get lucky?
by Patrick Hoffman on 05/04/09 at 11:30 AM ET
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Since I wasn’t around much this weekend, I wanted to get your thoughts on the retirement of New York Rangers’ forward Markus Naslund.
This was first reported by Larry Brooks of the NY Post. Naslund’s time on Broadway wasn’t the greatest as he looked every bit his 35 years of age. As Brooks reports, Naslund was due $4 million in salary next season.
Who do you folks think would be a good replacement for Naslund?
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We do need someone.. Who? I’m not sure. I’m not sure there is anyone this year. If I know Glen Sather, he’s going to be talking to the Marian Gaborik camp. That’s almost a given. But do you take a risk on a guy who struggles with injuries and a big salary? I don’t think you can. But that’s my take. Maybe Glen calls up his old buddy Jaromir Jagr. Maybe not.
Anisimov is ready as far as I’m concerned. Sanguinetti may be a bit of a liability still defensively even though he has tremendous upside potentially. Grachev looks good right now, but is he NHL ready right now? Probably not. Parenteau I don’t think will have much success at the NHL level… But I could be wrong.
Push to get rid of Redden’s salary one way or another. Free up that space and go from there.
Let’s not make any rash decisions here........
Posted by Performance Parts on 05/05/09 at 07:23 AM ET
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I don’t think this will be used as “replacement” cash but more as extra breathing room given our salary cap issues. This will def help when trying to resign Dubinsky and Callahan which are musts for the Rangers. Beyond that… I’m not sure what type of magic Sather has up his sleeve. I’d love to see Grachev, Anisimov, Sanguinetti and maybe P.A. Paranteua up from Hartford for next year. We have to start playing our youth rather than let our youth sit there in the AHL for so long that they cannot properly develop. Get rid of the un-hungry vets and pave way for the kids. It’s the only way to survive the NHL these days.
Posted by Adam on 05/04/09 at 10:59 AM ET