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What Will They Do?
by Patrick Hoffman on 03/02/09 at 10:00 PM ET
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Obviously, the question that every New York Ranger fan wants to know heading into the NHL’s March 4th trade deadline is what are they going to do?
Will they clear roster spots? Well, I think they will because it appears that since the team will try and claim Sean Avery off re-entry waivers, they will need to clear some cap space. This afternoon, the team sent newly acquired Mark Bell down to it’s farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack.
Will they trade Scott Gomez or Chris Drury? Well, unlike a well known rumor monger, I don’t think they will. General Manager Glen Sather signed these two guys to long-term deals in the summer of 2007 in hopes that they would produce and lead this team to a Stanley Cup. While they haven’t lived up to their billing, I believe that they will get their act together and perform for their new head coach John Tortorella, who expects nothing less.
I’m not quite sure if the team will inquire about players such as Illya Kovalchuk, Chris Pronger, Jay Bouwmeester but it would not surprise me if Sather tries to go after a finisher while possibly packaging players such as Petr Prucha, Nigel Dawes, some valuable Wolf Pack players and may be a few draft picks.
I’m no expert when it comes to these matters so all I am doing now is speculating. I hear all the same things you do so for now, let’s be patient and hope that whatever the Blueshirts do, it will help them not only make the playoffs, but go far in them as well.
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Well we if a big offensive winger is out there - Sather will be in the mix for him. I’m not sure who or what, But we know Sather is always in the mix.
I do hope we end up with Avery. He brings a spark that this team could really use. Although his numbers weren’t outstanding with the pack - I attended alot of Avery’s games and he was a difference maker. If the team was sluggish or had a slow start every found a way to spark it. The Rangers need that.
Posted by Performance Parts on 03/03/09 at 08:29 AM ET