Posted in New York Rangers, tagged brendan shanahan, Drury, Fritsche, Hartford, Naslund, Patrick Rissmiller, prucha, rangers, salary cap, waive, waivers on Wednesday, October 22, 2008| 8 Comments »
The Rangers freed up some room on their cap by waiving Rissmiller. (Ideally for the Rangers, nobody else will claim him, and he will end up in Hartford for the season.)
I don’t know about everyone else, but I’d much rather see Brendan Shanahan skating along side Drury and Naslund than a constantly rotating winger group of Prucha, Fritsche, and Rissmiller.
Now, if the Rangers would just sign the guy already.
Posted in New York Rangers, tagged 4th line, arbitration, blair betts, center, Free Agency, Fritsche, rangers on Tuesday, July 15, 2008| 1 Comment »
The Rangers signed 23-year-old center Dan Fritsche to a contract today, but did not release the terms. Fritsche had applied for arbitration, but that will no longer be necessary.
I’m guessing that the Rangers have plans to use Fritsche as their 4th center, which leaves Blair Betts somewhat in limbo for now.
Posted in New York Rangers, NHL, tagged 2008, 2008-2009, 2009, anisimov, betts, byers, Callahan, Dawes, Drury, Dubinsky, Free Agency, free agent, Fritsche, Girardi, Gomez, Hartford, hollweg, mara, moore, Naslund, New York Rangers, NHL, Orr, prucha, Redden, Rissmiller, roster, rozsival, Sanguinetti, Sjostrom, Staal, trade, Voros, Zherdev on Tuesday, July 8, 2008| 3 Comments »
Take a look at the Rangers projected roster for 2008-2009. The top 3 lines and the defense are pretty much set, but there seem to be too many forwards.
Zherdev-Gomez-Naslund
Prucha-Drury-Dawes
Callahan-Dubinsky-Sjostrom
Voros-Fritsche/Rissmiller-[Anisimov?]
Hollweg/[Byers?]-Betts-Orr/[Moore?]
Redden-Staal
Rozsival-Girardi
Mara-Kalinin-[Sanguinetti?]
By my calculations the Rangers have an excess of 3 NHL forwards plus 3 more NHL-caliber forwards currently in Hartford. Because of this, it might be a good idea to make a salary-clearing trade for draft picks. It’s safe to say that the Rangers still have interest in signing a proven goal-scorer either during the off-season or before the trade deadline next year. If the Rangers can add some cap space to the $3.3 million they currently have, they would be in the running to make a play for a top-quality winger.
Update: Forgot about Kalinin. Thanks to the commenter “Jagr”.
Posted in New York Rangers, tagged betts, Callahan, Dawes, Drury, Dubinsky, Free Agency, Fritsche, Girardi, glen sather, Gomez, hollweg, jagr, New York Rangers, NHL, Orr, Pock, prucha, Redden, Rissmiller, rozsival, Sanguinetti, Shanahan, Sjostrom, slats, Staal, strudwick, UFA, Voros, Zherdev on Thursday, July 3, 2008|
Let’s go through a projection of how the Rangers roster might shape up:
Zherdev-Gomez-[Jagr or some UFA]
Dawes-Drury-Callahan
Sjostrom-Dubinsky-Prucha
Hollweg-Betts-Orr
Fritsche-Rissmiller-Voros
Shanahan?
Rozsival-Staal
Redden-Girardi
Pock?-Strudwick?-Sanguinetti?
The Rangers have $14.5 million in cap space but that number does not include Dawes, Sjostrom, Fritsche, Rissmiller, Voros, or Strudwick.
Assuming the Rangers will spend roughly $4 or $5 million between those players, they will have about $9 or $10 million to spend on Jagr, Shanahan, and any UFA’s the Rangers might desire.
That doesn’t leave much wiggle room. Decision time for Slats.
