Trade deadline over (ANTROPOV AND MORRIS UPDATES)
Just want to start a new thread for the last 40 minutes (plus) of the trade deadline … so we can have all the commentors on the same page.
It had been getting confusing.
So we’ll start here.
2:20: The Islanders’ pick from Pittsburgh could go as high as a third-rounder if the Penguins survive the first round of the playoffs.
2:23: RDS is reporting Chris Neil to the Panthers.
2:28: Don’t know if we included this earlier … Boston also gets a second-round 2010 pick in the Recchi deal.
2:35: NHL Live reporting that Keith Tkachuk was called off the ice briefly during practice in St. Louis today. Earlier, around 1:30 Eastern time, the Sporting News reported that Tkachuk had not yet been asked to waive his no-trade clause. So it’s possible he was called off the ice to be asked if he’d accept a particular trade, or a trade in general. That’s speculation. He may have had to go to the bathroom.
2:46: Reports are that Derek Morris has been dealt. To Rangers? We don’t know.
2:47: Reports: Philly trades Scottie Upshall and a second-round pick for agitator Daniel Carcillo.
2:49: RANGERS GET NIK ANTROPOV FROM TORONTO. MORE LATER.
2:51: Reportedly, a second-rounder and a conditional pick to Toronto for Antropov.
3:02: Rangers reportedly got Derek Morris from Phoenix.
3:06: Rangers gave up Prucha, Dawes and Kalinin.
SORRY FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WE MAY HAVE BEEN OVERLOADED WITH HITS WHEN THESE TRADES WENT DOWN.
I’m going on conference call with Sather now. I may be able to post live. May not. Having technical difficulties. To view the final few trades of the day, click here.
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Don’t trade prucha! (first)
So easily swayed by the demands of the readers…
damn you guys are quick
Very nice Carp, here we go 40 minutes then like Carp said trades will be announced after 3.
So are the Panthers buyers? Will they hold onto Jay Bo? Or just trying to replace Bouwmeester with some NHL level players to continue a playoff push without him?
That’s what she said?
OK lunch meeting over, I got forced into doing some work today, I miss anything?
Ugh, what a crappy deadline. Maybe Slats just never woke up.
This trade deadline will mean nothing for the future of the Rangers if they do not rid themselves of either Drury, Gomez, Rosival, or Redden. As long as the Rangers have all 4 of these bums, they will continue to disappoint.
Gaborik a Ranger. you heard it here first
DanNYC
Nope!!
just a third rounder for guerin, eh
Rumor Monger-
I’ve been hearing that in my head for months.
Thanks for doing the new thread Carp.
I’m surprised Guerin went for so little.
On the Derek Morris talk: he has 12 points this year, he is minus-13 and has taken all of 24 PIMS (while being 220 lbs).. and he is making $3.6 million.. we shld be getting a 1st round pick in return for this guy.
Are NHL contracts guaranteed regardless of if you play at all or not?
I would love to see one of our big contracts shipped out and we get a STAR in return.
Jay-Bo could get his rights traded in the summer before free agency.
Gaborik- I hope not, one way guy, injury prone and disappears every playoff, even if he is a rental.
Yeah, trades will definitely be announced after 3. Hossa wasn’t announced until after the deadline last year and it was the biggest deal of the day.
Any word if Miroslav Satan has cleared waivers or if anyone picked him up? He is a goal scorer, albeit another softie, something the Rangers have been lacking the past 3 years.
from 25 trades to 8 trades. what a waste
costanza.. Morris is a FA in 19 games… you have a clue???
costanza; you nuts?
NO to ryan malone! the dude is AWFUL.
Weren’t there like 14 deals by 3pm last year and it continued to pick up? There are only 8 so far. i hope the 3 to 5 hours are action packed.
Contracts are guaranteed but teams can get and injury exception for cap reasons (still have to pay the salary)
Satan indeed cleared waivers
I thgt he had one more year at $3.6MM, my bad, if that’s not the case
Satan cleared waivers and the Rangers have been lacking a system that allows them to score goals, not a true goal scorer. They’ve had tons of those. I think Torts, Avery and some housekeeping were our deadline deals I wouldn’t count on anything else.
We DO NOT want Morris at any price…he thinks he will get 5 million on July 1st….Phoenix will be giving him away in the next 32 minutes…..
I can’t believe the Rangers have done nothing today. But since neither Kaberle or Antropov have been dealt yet, I am holding out hope.
Not that it means much but Eklund saying Jay Bo and Morris to Philly.
Thanks again Rick for all the updates. You’re doing a bang up job ;) We all appreciate all the hard work you and Jane do!!!!
Thank NYR, I know you can get cap exceptions for injury, but I was just thinking of Gaborik if he did come here (or anywhere) and just continued to play 4 games a season
I see us with Pronger – giving up Dawes & more.
Malone also makes like 7mil a year forget it.
I can’t follow all these new posts!!!!
...Did Slats wake up yet?
March 4th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Gaborik- I hope not, one way guy, injury prone and disappears every playoff, even if he is a rental. *
Paul, Gaborik and wild made playoffs only 3 times and he has 12 goals and 22 points in 29 career playoff games… seems pretty good to me.
Sharks and Red Wings….where are you monsters of the west?
Chris Neil to Panthers
Peter
yeah you know I was just thinking that. Screw it, pick up Satan!!!!
“Ugh, what a crappy deadline. Maybe Slats just never woke up.”
What are you expecting, some big move?
Malone is 4.5.
Its going to take alot more than Dawes to get Pronger. I would throw Gomez in there to.
Just saw Voros at the bus station, headed to the Charlotte Checkers…..I almost feel bad for him….his NHL bubble has been burst, where is his coach renney he says…..
Dept of Nitpicking: Carp – any way for you to list the most recent deals at the top instead of at the bottom?
id do Gomer and Dawes for Pronger in a heartbeat
An unhealthy Gaborik is better than about 90% of the league. Even if he plays 40 games a season he still somehow nets 30 goals. I’d take him in a heartbeat.
dont post eklund rumours. waste of yours and everyones time. philly could never clear the cap to get both of those players.
i sure hope we dont get morris, he is a bum.
Ducks said they’re not moving Pronger
Agreed Brandon on his production, but you don’t make a playoff push missing your top scorer
tkachuk pulled form practice?
Gaborik, his goals have not been clutch goals in the playoffs ex. game winning or goals that tie games late.
I don’t want Gaborik, he has weak limbs.
Really Agravine, oh boy.
I Bleed, good suggestion. Sorry I didn’t think of it earlier. ... If we hit another lull I’ll try to shuffle them. Right now I’m kinda busy.
we couldnt afford gaborik unless we moved one of our untradeable players who minnesota would not want. and you dont even know if he will be able to perform this year, he’s played like 7 games
Vancouver trying to catch up to Calgary…..suddenly very active in the Bowmesster chase…they have the cap space, so they could be a last minute dealer
I’d rather have Gaborik than Tkachuk!!!!
4.5 or 7 whats the difference its 2 much 4 us anyway and he aint worth that anyway only reason he got that scratch is because his pops is in the tampa organization. let him stay down there the bolts are gonna be bad 4 a loooooooong time.
gaborik had 5 goals against us once…that’s all i need to know…that’s 1/4 the goals our top scorer has all season…IN ONE GAME
am I reading TSN right that there has only been one deal announced in the last hour?
Is it possible the Rangers aren’t going to make any moves at all? That’ll be very weird
pronger is no longer on the market
TFP is reporting that Derek Morris is waiting to hear who he was traded to.
Guys we’re done,
thefourthperiod.com crashed for anyone else?
19 min…..
Anyone get the feeling that all other GM’s are laughing at Sather right about now.
down too NYR and Philly for Morris. i just hope we Drive the price up and Bail
TSN saying Morris is down to Rangers/Flyers
18 minutes left
Vancouver Bowumester almost a done deal…
Sather are you out their???
2 team race for Morris Philly Rangers- TSN
TSN SAYS MORRIS GOING TO US OR FLYERS
Rangers fired Renney and hired Torts…then they picked up fan favorite Sean Avery for 1/2 his salary. Today they will add a Defensemen within the next 20 minutes.
Thats all folks!
I would not be too upset if the Rangers didnt make a move…I was really just hoping for one of the big contract guys to go somewhere ( other than Hank I mean)
Morris sounds like an overpaid D man….just what this team needs to complement redden and roszival
I’d love if we pulled of Gaborik because it would mean that either Drury or Gomez are going the other way…or a combo of Naslund and Rozi. Even if Gabby spends the next month in intensive care, i’d do it.
“Anyone get the feeling that all other GM’s are laughing at Sather right about now.”
No…he did his Avery deal and hasnt made any mistakes at the deadline. Didnt improve the team but didnt hurt it any further than he already has.
It is possible that adding Torts and Avery was Sathers big moves. No point trading talent for a rental if you dont believe you have a chance of winning the cup.
not tkachuk lets get nicky from toronto if anything. or just stand pat this year is a loss lets save for the future.
GOOD ONE MARK
lol tyree
is morris a ufa after this season?
WAIVE REDDEN, SATHER WAIVE HIM FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Antropov to Nashville??
Just say NO to Morris!!
Why, CCCP?
Rangers have too many unmoveable contracts. They have basically 200K in cap space. Seems be about right.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Is it possible the Rangers aren’t going to make any moves at all? That’ll be very weird
at least Morris is an overpaid UFA, and not a lifer!
Rozi for Morris?
tsn
carcillo from phoenix to flyers for upshall and 2nd round pick
Carcillo to the Flyers for Upshaw and 2nd round pick
Carcillo to the Flyers
We would have to beat out PHI for Morris since we have such good relations with PHX
Supposedly Neil and Kelly to FLA
http://www.hockeytraderumors.com/
Carcillo to philly for upshall
scotty upshall was traded to pheonix for danial carcillo
Carcillo for Upshall and a 2nd Round
flyers made a deal
morris is coming?
Just effing great. Carcillo to the Flyers.
The battles between him and Avery will be tremendous, though.
Gaborik’s cap hit is 6.33 million. We have approx 4mm in free cap space right?
We woul donly need to send 2 to 3 million to the Wild to acquire Gaborik
So please dont get your hopes up thinking if we get him it means we sent 1 or 2 of our awful contracts the other way. All it would take is a Kalinin/Prucha combo.
philly have morris i want doan
Avery vs Carcillo March 14th & 15th ;o)
morris traded per nhl network dont kno where yet
SALTY
Im expecting A move, big or not.
NOOOOOOO
Carcillo on the Flyers
Upshall*
Sathers Fax Machine jams with 14 minutes left….out of toner….pls fix paper jam….
Burke is awkwardly quiet…isn;t this why Toronto brought him in?
Carcillo to flyers
Jive
Rangers have about $200K in space LOL
NTV reporting Kovalchuk to the Rangers for Gomez, Dawes, & conditional pick!
THANK GOD
Gretz will give away MORRIS!!
Another guy that Orr can beat down on.
carcillo for upshall and a 2rounder
nik antropov is a ranger!!!!!
Antropov to rangers
Antropov is a ranger
Why couldn’t Slats get this kid ? Damn it !!
Antropov is here
Antropov to Rangers
yes we got Antrpov im 2 for 2
FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ANTROPOV A RANGER
ANTROOOOOOOOOOOOO
Antropov to the Rangers.
WEEE GOT A BIG GUY!!!!!
NIKKY ANTROPOV YEAH!
Im expecting A move, big or not.
.....
Expecting or just “wanting”, like a child wants after a new toy…?
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Antropov a Ranger
We got Antropov
Rangers got ANTROPOV
this is like standing at the bus stop watching the Mercedes drive by
Anyone else nervous about what’s going there?
Jive
I thought we had less than 500k in cap space?
for who?
Antropov!
antropov to rangers!!!
What did we have to give up?
Antropov !!!
Antropov to Rangers
Antrop is a RANGER
Why?? Why Glen, Why??
Wow…Okay then. !
WHAT!?
WHO DID THEY GIVE UP!?!?!?!?
ANTROPOV
antropov is a great young talent
we got antropov….gross. sather better not have given up a first
6-6 230 and plays center.
who is gone?
for who?
Looks like a second round pick
... whod we get rid of? thats the big question
Finally, a potential
SALTY
The teams not good enough. Either they sell or they buy.
I guess Slats just answered that question.
2nd round and a conditional pick for Antropov
ANTROPOV!
2nd rounder & a pick for Nik
Got Antropov
2nd rounder and a conditional pick going back.
We got Voros, Reitz, and Bell’s contracts off of our books, we must have more than 200k of full year cap space
2 rd pick
2nd round pick and a conditional pick
not terrible i can live with it if he helps out
What center is going?
2nd and a conditional
Bill Clement, hands of cement, likes this deal for the rangers
RRR
To be announced they’re saying.
someone asked if anyone here is nervous about this Antropv thing….
I is
TSN is reporting second rounder and a conditional pick. Hmm! I say too much already.
tsn says 2nd round and a conditional?!?
some one has to leave though am I rite?
well worth it not bad slats
not bad, Slats
2nd and conditional, not bad.
Oh lord. Kill us.
“NTV reporting Kovalchuk to the Rangers for Gomez, Dawes, & conditional pick!”
???
HOLY (sorry Carp), that is frickin’ awesome.
I LOVE Antropov (no homo). Dude is the second coming of a young Keith Primeau. Absolute MONSTER!
Oh sh*t I hope they didnt give up half the team for him.
I was just gonna say we have a little over 2 million dollars (Antropov’s Contract)
2nd round pick AND a conditional pick
Antropov!
what a waste of a 2nd rounder and conditional pick. antropov sucks. he’s a waste. he’ll never put up more than 50 points in the NHL, hes a free agent at the end of the year. uggh, typical deadline move.
21g and 25 pts….he like our leading scorer now!
2nd round pick is what we lose.
2nd round pick wow
Antropov now the leading scorer on the Rangers???
we gave up a deuce for a piece of deuce.
THAT’S IT!?!?!? a 2nd round and a conditional pick????????
Do we still go after Morris?
Ha, a second rounder is too much!!?
This is a team that has one first rounder actually make the team in the past 10 years and you won’t give up a second round pick for a sure thing?
what
If its picks, thats means Sather cannot screw up the draft.
This means Prucha and Dawes are going to PHX for Morris
hate the move he is big and soft. he will not be here next year. at least he is playing for a contract
WOW that is a STEAL!!!!!!!!
Where is Morris going to go?
Antropov isn’t that good… what are they doing?
Jonathon, I like that deal
Why are those TSN people making such a big deal about Dominic Moore? The guy hustles on the ice; that’s about it.
someone explain how it is that the pens can give up nothin’ and get some good players…...is it because Mario and Sid share a condo with Bettman?
Zherdev Gomez Antropov!!!!!!!!!!
Antropov= Built big…plays small
kaspar
why is u nervous?
Don’t trade Prucha… he can produce under Torts!
He is a MONSTER
Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
Height
Weight 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
230 lb (104 kg; 16 st 6 lb)
Antropov was expected to be drafted early in the 2nd round, but following a dominant season with Kazzinc Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk in the second-tier of the Russian Hockey Super League, including an international match against Iceland in which he scored 15 goals and 10 assists, he was drafted 10th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.[citation needed] Before going overseas to play hockey in North America, Antropov also played in the Russian Super Liga with Dynamo Moscow.
When Owen Nolan joined the Maple Leafs in March 2003, Antropov changed his number from #11 (Nolan’s number in San Jose) to #80, the year of his birth. In 2003-04 Leaf coach Pat Quinn formed a line with Joe Nieuwendyk, Alexei Ponikarovsky, and Antropov. This line was dubbed the “Skyline” because of the players’ height.
During the NHL lock-out of the 2004-05 season he returned to the Russian league and played 36 games split between Ak Bars Kazan and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
Injures felled the Kazakhstani Power forward (ice hockey) however, and he missed significant time during the 2005-06 season. Antropov managed to produce 12 goals and 19 assists for 31 points in 57 games.
Upon Antropov’s return from injury, he added 15 points in the final ten regular-season games of the 2005-06 NHL season. Antropov finished third on the team in even-strength scoring and also led the Leafs in +/- with a +13 rating.
In 2006-2007, Antropov typically played alongside team captain Mats Sundin and Ponikarovsky on the top line.
On June 6 2007, the Maple Leafs announced they had signed Antropov to a two-year contract extension. During a game with the New York Rangers on December 6, 2007, Antropov scored his second career hat-trick and was named the game’s first star. In December 2007, a campaign was launched to encourage fans to vote Antropov as a write-in Candidate the 56th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Atlanta.[1]
On December 7 2007, Antropov scored his second career NHL hat-trick versus the New York Rangers while on the road, in Madison Square Garden.
On February 9, 2008 Antropov set a new career high in goals with 19 when he scored in overtime to give the Leafs a 3-2 win, tipping in an Anton Stralman slapshot. He finished the season with 26 goals.
On March 4, 2009 Antopov was traded to he New York Rangers for a secound round pick and a conditional draft pick.
typo, 60 pts. but this is a waste, he doesnt put us over the edge and there goes a valuable draft pick.
Only 10 deals with 5 minutes left… seems I was right that there wouldn’t be too much movement today.
“jason March 4th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Antropov isn’t that good… what are they doing?
Jonathon, I like that deal”
Oh, I do too but what is NTV? NHL TV? I was just copying a post from a bit higher up.
Hadn’t heard anything like that talked about.
unless there’s a lot of deals that come up between 3 and 5
i’m very surprised that sellers didn’t bother to sell
(i.e. colorado, the isles, kings…)
“I LOVE Antropov (no homo). Dude is the second coming of a young Keith Primeau. Absolute MONSTER!”
Hahahahaha. Keith Primeau was actually good? Unless you mean a concussed, retired Primeau.. Nik Antropov is everything that Maple Leaf hockey currently is: overrated, overhyped, and one giant letdown.
Way to waste a pick
Who cares aboot the 2nd round pick. Odds are that pick would turn out to be Jason Krog 2.0
I got no problem with the deal. But now we have Aves, Antropov, Korp, Pruchs, and Dawes all in that spot.
Dawes, and Shoes are gone in my opinion. Maybe Betts as well.
Im still pissed the Flowers got Carcillo, ugh.
edit…
Keith Primeau was actually good. (no question mark)
Sweeeet! Bring on the FishStix!
the rangers are not trading dawes and prucha for a rental.. If they do Sather is a bigger moron then I thought.
I trade Betts and Prucha and get picks and or SJustrom.(UFA’s)
Play dawes and avery and antropov and forget this 4th line crap….
Why? do we need a more useless cap hit? Sather sucks, at least get an impact player instead of giving up a draft pick for something we can live without
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Antropov
seriously looked him up 8 minutes after the trade was announced and it had him playing for the New York Rangers- wow, very real time updates on Wikipedia…
Guys don’t panic. Sather did the best he could aside from dumping one of the big 4. Rangers suck at draft pick anyways and didn’t lose a #1 pick at least..
the Pens and Cyotes have done the best so far IMO
I LOVE Antropov (no homo). Dude is the second coming of a young Keith Primeau. Absolute MONSTER! – Brandon
Dude, where do you see Primeau…? This is Nik Antropov, do you even know who he is?
And saying ‘no homo’ makes you more of a homo.
Zherdev/Gomez/Antropov
Drury/Dubinsky/Naslund
Avery/Korpikoski/Dawes
Ok who’s place do Ant take
Antropov is a UFA next year… NOT an RFA.
Sather thinks he’s making this team a contender.
I hope he’s right, i’m not a believer quite yet.
http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=36977
Antropov is our 2nd best scorer… one point under Zherdev… LOL!
Excellent move Antropov adds size, good hands and he performs well in NY! great move by Slats for once this season.
ahhhh Zherdev has a language buddy!
that’s the extent of my excitment.
I’d rather get Guerin for a conditional 5th than lose a 2nd… esp for a UFA :(
Hugh Jessiman was a waste of a pick. Would you trade him for Antropov?
That Carcillo to Philly trade is a cap space clearing move.
Maybe JayBo is next?
As for the 2nd round pick, if we can resign Antropov for cheap, it won’t be a terrible deal
Another player to keep Anisimov from being an NHL player, great job Glen, we have a better player in Hartford, impeding the youth again way to go dick!
Antrpov sucks…major reason Toronto sucks and he is a free agent…so, we lose two picks for nothing…carcillo to flyers…avery better get ready..
Antropov will be our BEST center. Some attitude problems, but he’s sorta a bigger, more effective, Dubinsky style.
That said, I’m not sure why you all are freaking out. He’s a rental unless Sather can move a BIG guy and offer him an extension before July 1st.
Morris was traded per NHL Network
still dont kno where
hopefully here taking away Redden so we have the cap room we need
jbo not going anywhere
Zherdev and Antropov are from different countries
will the real antropov haters plz stand up…plz stand up!
that kid is H U G E ! i’d put him in the middle with Z and Dubi
the pens and coyotes have done the best!!!
How stupid are you??
antropov is a rental, not real complicated.
again I dump the UFA’s they have and get whatever they can back..I keep Dawes he is better then you morons think and is cheap and young.
bye bye betts, sjustrom, and prucha(I kepp him).. I pass on Morris but if they will take Kalinan and some other crap, WTF…
antro is a rental player. great…
he’s got size but he’s as soft as the snuggie bear. im still on the fence but im leaning toward this being a lousy pick up if you ask me.
derrick morris to the rangers!
We got Morris!!!
Morris to Rangers
Morris to Rangers
morris to rangers
Morris to Rangers. AWFUL.
Wow, we are finished.
we got Morris too
derek morris to the rangers!!
Morris to the Rangers
MORRIS A RANGER
Morris is a rangers
Uh oh, we got Morris!
damn….whyd we have to go and get morris
Morris to NYR…..
rnagers got morris
To the Rangers
Apparantly we got Morris…..........
err.. Antropov is fine… Morris to rangers
Please let it be for Redden!!!!(wishful thinking)
morris to rangers
GARY
Id keep Dubi on the wing, he’s playing a lot better there.
CRANFORD93
March 4th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Zherdev and Antropov are from different countries
——
Cranford
did u ever take history class in your life? i guess not…
TSN says we got morris, but for who?
MORRIS TOO.
VERY GOOD DEADLINE SLATS !!!!!!!!!!
Did we get fleeced again?
http://tradetracker.thescore.com/
Who goes to Phoenix?
Dawes?
AA is the second coming of NA
moris to NYR!!!
Antropov is gone after this year, its a rental, he isnt blocking AA
Relax people..you complain about no action and then whine when we get the players that are available
I rather have gotten St. Louis instead of Antropov
i am satisfied didnt lose much and may have gained a sleeper with nicky sather gets to live
Pens and Coyotes the best? I think the Flames had the best day today.
Why trade for someone, when we have a more than capable player on Hartford in AA, not letting the young guys play, great job Slats.
Please not Pruchs, please not Pruchs !
cranford93
so what? their names end in V. good enough for me…ROOMATES!!!
We have not really given much up today, say a few draft picks.
With all the RFA’s we have this summer, I’m sure we will get a few back.
ie: Dubinscky and Zherdev, they either sign with us or we get draft picks in return….besides, we needed SIZE…
Nik Antropov
6 ft 6 in 230 lb, makes him CLEARLY the biggest Ranger, and slides second into scoring!!!
I think we are a wayyyyyyyy better team than what we had 21 days ago!!
noooo Dawes or Pruchaaa and now Kalinin is good , whaaaaa??
rangers got morris tsn says
kalinin prucha and dawes to phx
Buh-bye Prucha! I’ll still cheer for you.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
kalinin, prucha, dawes, for morris… wtf?
what a idiot he should be fired
Dawes, Kalinin and Prucha for Morris.
A bunch of spare parts.
I’ll take that.
Morris for Kalinin, Dawes, and Prucha
prucha gone
kalinin dawes and prucha :( PRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU for morris
how the hell did we fit antro and morris under our cap?
morris to NY
Prucha, Dawes and Kalinan for Morris
prucha, dawes and kalinin went. good riddens to the last two.
Morris to NYR?
The Yotes are under the cap floor right now with not knowing who went back for Morris
kalinen, dawes and prucha for morris…...why give up prucha for this crap. sather is a moron
Wow, Pruchs too
PRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCHS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Morris sucks.
Sather sucks…this is killing me…man, why do we have to suffer…Morris is a poorer version of Redden.
Sather should be hung…not fired…hung.
lost prucha but dumped some dead wood not bad
I HATE GLEN SATHER. dawes and prucha? this is terrible.
No doubt about it, Antropov makes this team better! No doubt. Antropov, Naslund, Dubinsky (if he stays wing), Zherdev, and Prucha all play the same styles… hybrid E/W + N/S. Antropov can be really effective too, i’m not just not too impressed for the future because he’ll be a UFA July 1st.
Morris, I don’t know too much about him. But it would seem he’s also a rental, UFA next season too.
Who gets moved to make space for these guys? Wow. Dubinsky stays wing, bye-bye Dawes… and on Defense? Did they trade a starter for Morris?
Per TSN
prucha dawes and kalinin
Dawes, Kalinin, and Prucha for Morris per TSN
we lose dawes, prucha, and kalinan for Morris..
I do not like that trade at all….Dawes can friggin play…
A rental…..............
Prucha, Dawes and Kalinin? Including Prucha, that’s a horrible deal for us
BYE BYE KALININ DAWES AND PRUCHA
Here are stats on Antropov:
http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/a/antroni01.html
this site is gonna explode
Morris for Kalinin, Dawes ans Prucha
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW
I knew prucha was headed to phoenix though.
Maloney.
Really Bad Trade. he is a UFA
Morris for Dawes, Prucha and Kalinan just on TSN
DAWES PRUCHA AND KALININ FOR MORRIS???? WOW! IS THAT MORRIS DUDE THAT GOOD?
kalinin and dawes are useless….prucha is upsetting.
i guess he is going to be a free agent in july so why not trade him now. if they want him back they can get him in the summer
Fly Prucha! Fly free and high!
God help us for the next 5 years.
D Derek Morris
D Dmitri Kalinin
F Nigel Dawes
F Petr Prucha
Wow. I hate you Slats. Choke on some ice cream !!
i miss pru already :(
DAMN YOU GLENNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. i pretty much called that trade.
I said Dawes and Kalinin for Morris.
Adding Prucha was excessive
Both Antro & Morris are -13. Who’s scared?
I hate the retards on here. We just lost 2 RFA’s for an 18 game rental who has pretty terrible numbers this year.
We also lost a kid (prucha) who played his heart out every night and never got a fair chance, and Kalinen who’s been one of the better defensmen for this team the past 3 weeks. I’m not so impressed by this move. Morris better get here and be GOOD.
Farewell pruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. I hope you pot 40 next year.
Weren’t Morris and Drury traded for each other during Drury’s short stint on Calgary?
Terrible! How the $#%^ do you give away Pru like that??
sorry to see Prucha go. glad to see Dawes and Kalinin go.
Can’t believe that you guys are that upset about the Morris deal.
We traded SPARE PARTS for another LEGIT top 4 defenseman. A very clear upgrade over Kalinin.
I love Prucha and he’s looked very good the last 3 games, but he’s still a spare part right now.
Dawes just never got it going this year.
And Kalinin is Kalinin.
i love that we got both guys but im really upset over prucha
With Avery now in the lineup, I don’t mind dumping Dawes at all…Kalinin for Morris is an upgrade I guess…Including Prucha in the deal is what ruins the deal for us..
I guess Antropov can take Prucha’s spot if he can switch to a wing
gave up more for sh*tty morris than Antropov.
HORRIBLE trades… Sather is the worst GM in the league… I’m sick of this… For every 1 step forward this team takes, they take 2 steps back
Just Terrible, Dawes and Prucha and all we get is Morris, why would you give up that much for a UFA?
Bye Petr.
HAHAH LOL 3 players for morris?! well, im happy ill never see kalinin in blue more, but Prucha, WTF?!
Morris Stats:
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=133&hubname=nhl-coyotes
Prucha is the only guy I’ll miss, but nonetheless Sather overpaid for Morris.
sather got bent over backwards on the morris deal. horredous trade. we lose offensive depth and dont gain any depth on d
Are you telling me we couldn’t AT LEAST squeeze out Carcillo from them in that deal ? Dawes, and Pruchs are both young, decent players. Or at least get Michalek ?
My day’s ruined. Maybe if Renney was fired sooner, he would have been able to show Torts, and Slats that he still has it. Poor Pruchs.
Maloney got 2 of his boys back.
Chris Neil never traded- TSN
I thought it was going to be one of Dawes or Prucha but why both?
I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s upset.
Morris… 1 year rental.
FU-Glenn.
BTW: Beer me! Show your face, coward. My point here is that some of the dead weight on this team has FINALLY been cut and it simply couldn’t happen with Renney here (reitz, voros, dawes….ugh!) Gone, finally!
Why Pruuuuuuuuuuuu went for Morris, beats me.
Sucks that we had to give up Prucha for Morris. I could care less about Dawes and Kalinin.
Antropov plays both center and right wing.
So we have:
Zherdev, Gomez, Antropov
Dubi, Drury, Naslund
Avery, Korpi, Callahan
Orr, Betts, Sjostrom
Redden, Rozi
Staal, Girardi
Morris, Mara
I think our team is MUCH IMPROVED. Dawes was invisible and Kalinin sucks. Sad to see Prucha go, but it was inevitable. At least he will get a chance in PHO.
cmon dawes is garbage he is a career 3rd or 4th liner will never score more than 15 goals in a season and he is a puss. good riddens to bad rubish same goes for kalinin he is total shit.
the Pens havent done well? their first trade scored two goals last night moron. Then today traded up a D man and Guerin and gave up pretty much nothing. And Phoneix just did pretty well getting Prucha, Lombardi, Upshall and picks and gave up a 4 line fighter, Morris, and Jokinen who they were gonna loose in the summer anyway
apparently Renney is still working in the front office
Finally Petr Prucha is trade!!
Terrible! How the $#%^ do you give away Pru like that?? Damn you Maloney!
Do we really need Dawes or Kalinin? We basically just traded Prucha for Morris.
That Morris trade is just plain stupid.
Maybe, just maybe were gonna sign bigger player, which is a good thing
Kalinin was a one year deal with us anyway no????- So it’s not much of a salary help
Slats is a D-bag
Bye Pru, you’ll be missed! :-(
Hope you make Slats regret this!
im calling it here and now. dawes is going to flourish in phoenix.
I like the Antropov deal, but this is ruining my day. Slats does it again.
Is this deal officially done ? Or is there a draft pick of something coming our way from Phoenix ?
That’s just Maloney playing Sather for a fool.
he is the worst
if prucha is truely gone, it will be the death of me and my ranger faithfulness.
orr,
to add insult to injury pruchas gf was really hot. 6ft tall weighed 100 lbs. so hooottt. i was soo excited when i saw we got antro and now im mad we got morris. i wrote earlier hes a marginal upgrade and we gave up all of that.
Im just confused….
JAY BO on his way according to James Duthie.
Ughhh
What an awful trade… Dawes scores 30 within 2 years, no doubt.
Why does it seem that the other team always gets the best of deadline deals that involve us?
Prucha scores 30 goals next season.
Dawes will have 60 pts.
Prucha and Dawes will be 25 goal man
Morris will either be gone next year or signed to a 5 Million dollar contract
sick
PETR
PRUCHA!
:( Dumb trade by Slats, Derek Morris had one good season, he’s garbage.
Blueman,
I can only think of that one reason to clear up that much space.
Sad to see Prucha go. Wish him well and he gets a ton of goals. But not likely on the Yotes.
CCCP you dink, we traded those guys to fit Antropov & Morris salary.
Sather added a lil more depth but I’d rather have draft picks he dealt.
CCCP you dink, we traded those guys to fit Antropov & Morris salary.
Sather added a lil more depth but I’d rather have draft picks he dealt.
BRANDON
I don’t know, maybe Dawes could have attracted a bit more, if a draft pick or prospect was thrown in, to get a guy like Barker.
Whats the deal with Morris? I know nothing of him…
Bye Pruch’s… hopefully you’ll get a real shot in Phoenix.
Later, Dawes… my girlfriend was a fan.
Kalinin… eh. Should’ve never been brought in.
I think Sather needed to dump salaries which is why we gave so much up for Morris
I am taking, this was done because of salary cap space
PET-R PRU-CHA! clap, clap, clap-clap-clap
Dom Moore to Buffalo
You guys are shocked that Slather overpaid for someone?
Dawes & Prucha are redundant in the NYR orginization. Look at their minor leagues and you can find the same type player over and over again.
http://www.hartfordwolfpack.com/default.asp?wolfpack=28&urlkeyword=roster
Prucha’s size and durability will always be an issue. Torts saw that in the first 3 games and that’s why he is gone. at 6-0’-175lbs your not going to make it in the Eastern Conference very long.
Dawes at 5-8”-180lbs again isn’t going to cut it. P.A. Parenteau will bring you the same size and better scoring.
I would rather have stayed pat then gotten this garbage.
GLEN SATHER IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST GM IN ALL OF HOCKEY (not just the NHL)
can we call up a GM from the ECHL?
MATT
Ugh, that’s just fuggin perfect. We need some babes around the Garden, to lighten the mood when Nyr isn’t playing well.
Someone needs to date Megan Fox.
Weren’t people complaining about Morris in Phoenix? Laziness issues? Great. And isn’t Antropov supposed to be lazy also? Looks like Tortorella has his work cut out for him—more underachievers that their own teams couldn’t wait to get rid of. But at least Antropov is tall. Congratulations.
Burke better be a wiz at this next draft, in terms of SELLERS he got schooled by Phoenix
you guys act like we gave up the world for morris… kalinin aint all that…dawes is at best invisible on most nights..and prucha…was prucha yeah we all loved him but they obviously didnt it will be nice for pru to finally have a chance to play on a regular be i hope he scores 40.
What a dumb trade. Sather just continues to be an idiot. In losing Prucha, Dawes & Kally, as a team, we just got about 5 years older. Here are the stats on Morris
http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/morride01.html
holy cow it took me 10 minutes to get on here lol!
Is this morris guy really worth 3 guys? I’m a bit surprised. Not sorry to see Kalinin go,and Dawes has been kinda invisible. I really hope that Prucha thrives in PHX..sad to see him go.
Hope the next time the Rangers play Phoenix, Prucha goes all “Gaborik” on them… LOL
FU GLENN!!!!!
In relation to the Jokinen deal, how did we give up more than Calgary and got back 3 time less!
Dawes and kalinin and a mid round pick would have been the right deal
We lose. Period.
Only Dolan wins.
Dawes & Prucha are redundant in the NYR orginization. Look at their minor leagues and you can find the same type player over and over again.
......
I’m sorry but I don’t think you’ll see another 30g rookie come out of Hartford in the next 10 years.
Why do I love this team when I keep getting Slapped around???
I feel like a Trailer park Wife
IN FOR SOME EPIC COMMENTING!!!!!!!!!
Raising hand for Megan Fox
Kalinin and Prucha are both UFAs and Dawes is a RFA. Rangers couldn’t sign them next year even if they wanted to because of the way sather f’ed up the cap!!!
so, not a big loss (tho i love prucha), cuz he’d be gone next year anyway.
What a positive week for the Rangers! First, we fire Renney, and bring in a viable NHL coach with a Stanley Cup championship on his resume. Then we recycle Sean Avery, our inspirational leader. Then we dump a couple little guys who can play some, plus we dump the WORST puking D since, well, Backman, and bring in a big forward under 30, who can hit and score, plus a top-4 D.
High marks Glen, good for you, good for the team, good for the fans. We are bigger, more skilled, tougher, smarter – thanks to the new coach, and inspired thanks to the Avery acquisition.
The New York Rangers have a new lease on life at this time – the start of what is truly their second season.
VERY ENCOURAGED – my cynicism and pessimism is gone. See, it WAS darkest before the dawn, Welcome to the DAWN. Now let’s win more than our share our hockey games. Hank must be rather pleased, too. He just might be getting more offensive and denfensive support.
GO RANGERS!
Terrible.
Dawes and kalinin and a mid round pick would have been a more Rangers friendly deal. keep Pru
should have been able to expect this though, reading between the lines with all the comments from the coach about more size
Flames and Pens the big winners and the Pens are right up our ass could be major problem. oh well better draft well slats or the lynch mob will be called out for you.
I think we gave up alot for Morris, but in all reality those 3 guys were gone during the summer anyway.
I do like the 2 pickups though, filled up 2 areas that needed help.
A better scorer would have been better.. but this is not a cup year for us anyway.
Stop going crazy over prucha and dawes though, no matter how much people like to to “like” them, they were not coming back with the team UFA/RFA we have to resign next year.
We still only have 6 d-men now… Who is gonna be brought up from the Pack?
Salty,
Yeah, Yankees said the same thing about Kevin Maas some years ago and how did that turn out ? You can find quite a few players that do well their first year and then slip off into the darkness.
Of the three, Kalinin and Prucha weren’t going to be back next season as both are UFA’s and Dawes’ playing time would have decreased dramatically with Sean Avery back.
Antropov slow skater…Sather is forever making trades with the same old teams coyotes , toronto, edmonton.since when does the coyotes have any talent worth getting?
That franchise in folding or moving.
Antropov will help down stretch! Morris is upgrade over Kalinin. Prucha and Dawes, tons of heart and great Rangers, never will make a huge impact.
Com’on guys think about it Morris is a beast in front of the net, he hits..who cares about Dawes or kilinin. Prucha for him,hell ya.
Tell ya what with Morris Ant And Avery,are we a tougher more physical team or what.
LOVE IT
LOVE IT
LOVE IT
DON’T WORRY WE’LL SCORE TO, NOBODY GONNA PUSH US AROUND
If Dawes does well, it will be because he is playing out west. I liked him, but he wasn’t really doing anything for this team. They gave him more responsibility and he couldn’t handle it. He may be a good player in the future, but not in the eastern conference. I am more sad to see Prucha go. He played with heart, but this clears the way for Anisimov and Grachev, hopefully. Also, Korpedo is more useful than both Prucha and Dawes. I would have been mad if he were dealt. I think he has more upside than both of the other smurfs.
Cakewalk, that rant was pathetic, your nose is shit brown right now.
Was happy about Antropov, not happy about Morris.
I can’t wait till tomorow
antropov on TSN
To basically get Aves and Antropov for Prucha and Dawes is a good deal… If you just look at Morris for Prucha Dawes and Kalinin then its a different story…
mad about Prucha, but the Rangers are better than they were last week
added Avery, Antropov and Morris
gave up only Pru off the roster who was wanted
antropov on TSN now
Don’t know why everyone is against this- prucha dawes and dmitri were gone next year anyway- this basically cost us a 2nd round pick and we get a top 6 forward
Too bad we couldn’t trade Sather for Maloney!
True Blue,
I agree with you. However, fact is that Sather DID trade all 3 for Morris. If there’s a pick included it makes sense for me.
Look at Antropov playoofs stats, ugly. 2 goals! in like 20 something games.
Think of it in these terms:
OUT:
Renney
Pearn
Reitz
Prucha
Dawes
Kalinin
IN:
Torts
Schoney (as a coach)
Avery
Antropov
Morris
Bell
I think its been a successful 2 weeks
Is Morris a defensive d?
Wow, a great day for Phoenix fans, that’s for sure. What an embarrassment of riches they have over there with their youth: Mueller, Turris, Boedker, Tikhonov, Michalek and now Prucha + Dawes. That team is going to be fun to watch in the very near future.
I miss prucha already. he showed the last few games under torts what he was really capable of, i see pruchs/dawes potting 20 a pop next year for phx while morris signs with another team, bad asset management glen. hope that antropov/morris step it up and provide what we need down the stretch.
Incidentally, if Derek Morris is such a bad player then why did Washington, Boston and Philadelphia all want him ? I know Peter Chiarelli, George McPhee and Paul Holmgren all were drinking the “Sather Kool Aid” ! Sometimes reality sucks but you have to deal with it !
I give Glen a 6 out of a possible ten for todays work. Would have been nice to get some picks considering th depth of the draft but overall we are a better team than we were 24 hours ago. Still not close to being a contender so i will say another second round exit.
Bye Pru – lets hope Morris is the hard-hitting shutdown d-man thats useful in the stretch run. Antropov is a bargain (presumably the other pick rises in value the further we go in the play-offs).
Dawes and Kalinin are no losses, neither is the 2nd rounder.
oh man i am going to miss prucha.
i guess i will be putting my prucha jersey right next to my moore jersey, in my pile of gritty rangers forwards who got traded.
http://www.maxhockey.com
SORRY FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WE MAY HAVE BEEN OVERLOADED WITH HITS WHEN THESE TRADES WENT DOWN.
We broke the blog! Techonology doesn’t have anything on us.
short term gain….thats all I can see. But I think we are a much better team than 3 weeks ago….makes the Play Off push more exciting!
We get a big solid d-man, a monster forward (who is now out 2nd leading scorer), and the NHL’s Superpest in our line up…plus a great coach.
The summer will be tough enough trying to resign ALL the young guns, and we have the potential to gain picks back…
As the day goes by
Morris for Kalinen (we win huge)
Antropov…..dawes/prucha (we still win)
Bryan maybe so, maybe not on Prucha. He was simply not afforded the opportunities he deserved.
Carp- Are the Rangers done?
Just to clarify to some people. Prucha is not an UFA after this season, he’s a RFA!
I’m sick of Sather and his BS moves to bring in washed-up players. The panelists were laughing about it on TSN. I love how the Rangers soley trade with teams like PHX and EDM because of Sather’s EDM connections and Maloney in PHX.
This team may be upgraded, but they surely are not good enough to get past one of the top 3 teams in the east.
dawes and kalinin would have been more then enough. prucha was not needed.
I still think we made out well.
A bunch of spare parts and a 2nd round pick (likely a 3rd since they get a 3rd if we make the playoffs and a 4th if we don’t for Antro) and another for Morris and Antropov.
I don’t mind it one bit.
Slats should have gotten Carcillo in the deal, and dumped Freddy Shoes.
He should have gotten him last year.
Now he’s a Flyers, and now he’s gonna be destroying Nyr for years to come. Something to look forward to.
orr,
im willing to be a team player and date megan fox
BAD TRADE! Kalinin for Morris straight up would have been ok. I can understand sending Dawes or Pruchs but BOTH?!? Especially when they make what? 2.5 COMBINED?!? Sather must have overslept during his afternoon nap and woke up in a daze.
Sather: Let’s trade Prucha and Dawes for Jari Kurri!
Schoeny: Uh…Glen, Kurri retired years ago.
Sather: Shut up Mark Messier, I’ll kill you!
Schoney: I’m not Mark, Glen.
Morris = Redden part II.
Antrpov = zherdev part II
Sather should be shot.
*Note I was referring to Morris being washed up
Does Morris hit?
Florida didn’t make a move???? did Neil go???? How much longer can trades trickle in?
You dinks dont get it do you?
First off – Dawes, Pruchs, Kalinen – these are salary dumps, not an even return on Derek Morris.
Secondly, these guys were assets, couldve been used to get much better players then the scrubs Sather aquired.
My early take on what we got rid of:
We had too many 3rd and 4th liners right? Dawes and Prucha gone. Sad about Prucha, neutral about Dawes.
Kalinin…we all thought he was not worth $2mm and surely not tough at all. Right?
We gave up a 2nd round pick. Based on the history of the NYR and their draft picks, nothing means crap in the draft with Sather and his idiots doing the scouting. Jessiman in the 1st round ahead of Parise, Lundqvist in the 6th or 7th round. Go figure.
What we got?
Antropov is an upgrade over Prucha or Dawes and is much more legitimately a top 6 forward. Plus he gives us some size. I mean I have to admit, last two Toronto games I was noticing Antropov a lot.
Morris….not sure…don’t know enough. His stats look terrible. Is he a housecleaner in front of the net? I don’t know. Is a good PP guy? I don’t know. (Tony from AZ, where the F are you as our scout out there?)
At least we didn’t lose our core youth and did not give up too much that wouldn’t have been gone at the end of the year.
We definitely got a little better. Not sure if we got enough to get to the 2nd round.
We’ll see.
We gave up too much for Morris .. We really didnt free up enough cap space next yr to justify giving them both Pru and dawes (both of which had some value out there) ..and AND Kalinin, who is a UFA next yr
Hey guys we will probably see Prucha back in a few years seeing as though how Sather likes to bring back the same players 2, 3 & 4 times. When he’s 38 LOL
Gargoyle, gimme a break. Every post you’ve made has been dead wrong. “Renney’s a top five coach.” “With Torts you will see a ton on 5-4, 4-3 losses.” So easy on the personal attacks. Your house is 100% glass.
Derek Morris? Gretzky says his only complaint is when vets with big salaries don’t play hard? Sounds ominous. Sather doesn’t mind not playing to your salary, apparently.
On the bright side, the fans should be buying tickets galore to get their first look up close at Derek Morris. What a celebrity! He’ll bring the glitz back to the Broadway Blueshirts! Order your Morris jerseys now!
Voros, Betts, & Bell are still here.
are the rangers done?
Antropov replaces Prucha and adds size, Morris can’t possibly be worse than Kalinin, and Dawes sucks. I’m alright with today’s trades but I WILL miss Petr. I like the kid a lot and really hope he lights it up out in Phoenix. Best of luck Petr Puck.
Glenn was not going to tender a contract to Prucha after this year. I think you have to offer RFA’s 10% increase on their deal. I could not see Glenn offering Prucha 1.7 next year.
Roc, they are apparently done.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHhahahahaa!!!!!!!! I knew the site crashed as soon as the Dawes and Prucha trade was made !!! BOOM we broke the SITE!!!!!!!!! SWEET
Small team got a lil bigggerrr!!!!!1
upcoming Ranger euro stars :
Antropov
A A
Grachev
Cherapanov ( god rest his soul)
Morris is a stay at home hard hitting defender. He’s not going to light the lamp, but maybe he’ll put people on their ass if they get too close to Hank.
FIRE SATHER
Morris has 24 PIMs in 57 games this yr – either he is really good at not taking penalties or just soft.
Will Andro and Torts get along? That will be interesting
Morris has 66 hits this year in 57 games and ONE PP POINT. He’s also minus 13 (fits right in with the Rangers)
I’m getting on conference call with Sather now. I will try to post a few live updates, then come back with partial or full transcript later.
But I am having some technical difficulties. Are you guys having trouble getting in, too?
All you guys crying about Prucha and Dawes – give me a break. They’ve done little or nothing with their chances here. Good riddance! We have 10 more crappy Sather draft choices just like them playing at Hartford.
fire sather NOW!
66 hits? For that salary and point production he should have 200 hits by now!
Yes 2 playoff goal on aplayoff team give the guy the benefit of the doubt. He has size, he has skill, not the fastest guy coast to coast but still faster than Voros. Maybe a change of venue is just what he needed. Remember when Kovalev was shipped to the Pens? He is rough around the edges but he has the tools to be a very good player if he ditches his lazy ways and show up every game and with Torts as his coach i think his work ethic will improve.
MATT
Same. She is number 1 on my hot list. What a babe.
I’m heartbroken.
:’(
Riguere tell me how i’m wrong here you little ?
Good deal for Antropov, but we got hosed for Morris. Dawes or Prucha could have stayed
Pretty funny that Torts rotated Avery, Korpikoski, Dawes and Prucha at practice today and now 2 of the 4 are gone.
and to think I was wondering which dumbass team would trade for Antropov all day long. I should have known better
Horrible day, supposedly the Cats aren’t moving J-Bo. Gabby is still around.
Boooring !
Im missing Pruchs already. I guess if Jags came back, he wouldn’t have anyone to clean his house.
Prucha!!!!!
Morris is a free agent at the end of the year, the downside here is very minimal, what am I missing here?
Assuming we let our acquistions today walk in the summer and the guys that were waived yesterday we freed up some cash to resign the RFAs and UFAs we probably want to keep.
Antropov – 2.05
Voros – 1.00
Morris – 3.917
Reitz – 0.500
That’s 7.467 available for next year. You would think that primarily gets spread out over Zherdev/Dubi/Cally and possibly Mara’s new contracts.
Keep in mind that’s what’s available for their raises not their total contracts.
Flyers acquire Kyle McLaren from SJ for a late round pick
FIRE SATHER
Sather – “I wanted to make more deals but with a cap in place it makes it tough to get some of the guys you want”
Yeah, you are solely responsible for that fail Glen.
Ok Rick!!! Cant wait to hear what that blowhard has to say.
So mad Prucha is gone!!!!!!!!!
pruchha chant at the next gamme
wonder what Tortorella really thinks about these recent moves.
if he’s for them or just shuts his office door
shaking his head and cursing cursing cursing
at what he got himself into.
“fire sather NOW!”
Agreed
JC
It’s not the same if Renney isn’t there. I don’t think Slats even goes to games, and if he watches them on tv he has it on mute so he can listen to his oldies music.
Dawes has skill… but he has consistently been the most invisible player on the Rangers this season.
As for Kalinin… he has been playing well recently, but I think the Rangers would rather have Morris anyway because they probably think Kalinin will go back to his old ways sooner or later like he did with Buffalo.
I like Prucha, but most of us have an irrational attachment to him. He has less than 5 goals and 10 points this season. He’s simply too small and not effective anymore… especially against eastern conference teams with size.
Don’t know about Antropov… haven’t watched him enough. I don’t think he’s someone to get excited about, although I don’t think he can hurt the Rangers at this point.
In the end, Sather is probably trying desperately to make the playoffs because he knows the chances of him being fired are much greater if this team fall several spots in the next month.
Definitely could have been worse, but this team is still far from any kind of competitor.
Fuck Prucha, he was 5’6 and had 1 good year.
We’rer a bigger tougher better team now then yesterday,,,by far
Someone please clarify this is not true …. but .. someone told me that they were gonna do this trade
Scott Gomez and Michael Del Zotto … for Ilya Kovalchuk???????????? anyoneeeeeeee??????
anyone know if its ture
sather did this to clear cap space in the summer to sign hossa.
“That’s 7.467 available for next year. You would think that primarily gets spread out over Zherdev/Dubi/Cally and possibly Mara’s new contracts.
Keep in mind that’s what’s available for their raises not their total contracts.”
You’re delusional, thats not the cap hit at all, we cleared maybe 3 or 4 million at most.
btw,
i wasn’t too happy with the streaming coverage on tsn and sportsnet
but cbc is doing a nice job right now. interviewed Morris a little while ago.
here’s the link if you want to watch/listenhttp://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/tradedeadline09/
Interesting statistics:
For his 10 years in the league Morris played total 7 playoff games ( 2002-03 with Avalanche)
He’s a playoff beast!
Gargoyle March 4th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
CCCP you dink, we traded those guys to fit Antropov & Morris salary.
Sather added a lil more depth but I’d rather have draft picks he dealt.
—-
Dink? Gargoyle, is there something u r trying to say to me by double posting your comments? I don’t think we were ever introduced properly… hi, im CCCP… I twist mops like you with one arm… any particular reasons I was honored by your attention?
This league has the worst CBA in the history of sports. And the NHLPA is a complete joke. The players would be better off without the players association altogether. Look how the players are victims of crazy coaching, ridiculouse disciplinary standards (Avery, Simon, Pronger), and player swapping. On top of that they have to endure some virtual GM’s need to fit an unjustified multi-million dollar has-been salary into an arbitrary salary cap.
Antropov is a short term gamble at best. Toronto could’t wait to dump him.
Sather blew it today. Again.
Derek Morris Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5uPHr65QV0
Gargoyle, even a blind squirrel … or a broken clock …
Your record to date is pretty laughable.
and this is why i hate glen sather. sorry to see prucha and dawes go. both were blossoming and would have kept the team younger. and we get morris for 18 games. awful trade.
So sad about Prucha…....
Prucha is 6 feet tall
Morris is a right shooting Dman, a veteran who can play with poise in all situations, but he is not a fast skater or a big hitter, although he will get tough on occasion.
sort of an older, overpaid version of Girardi
jcl206,
you are right and wrong about prucha. he is an RFA as of july 1. but, if the team who owns his rights do not make a qualifying offer to him (equal to last years salary i believe) he automatically becomes a UFA.
slapshot i heard that as well i dont know
avery, antro, and morris. for dawes, prucha, kalin, and 2nd rounder. thihnk the rangers improved today. cant wait forever for dawes, prucha needed a change of scenery and kalinin needed to go. good day for sather.
Love how everybody overexaggerates the value of another team’s players (that the other team wanted to get rid of). Sather didn’t even get rid of any real salary problems. We’re still stuck at the top of the cap—Sather’s moves were meaningless—what a surprise. And it’s not a coincidence that no one else trades with him—he is a joke in the NHL. As usual NJ and Detroit stay smart—they plan their roster well at the beginning. Hope Prucha flourishes in a fresh atmosphere.
Anahiem traded Phalsson, Moen and Huskins in seperate deals…
Thats Quacktastic!!!
prucha is 6 feet??? what are you smoking? he may be listed ast 6’ but if he is 5’10” thats stretching it
Prucha is 6 feet tall
....
No, he isn’t.
anyone selling tickets to sunday’s game? please contact me at pwoznic@gmail.com i’m looking for two :)
Moen to the Shaaaks.
Damn you Slats, couldn’t you get him ??
Kidding.
jcalz88 … wow .. atleast i wasnt the only one …
CCCP i’ve posted here before, you must be a janitor cause your intellect is always way behind the other posters here.
Great post Jay, totally agree that this CBA has made the NHL worse. And yeah Antropov will be boo’d in MSG by April, bank on it.
Best line of the week so far:
“I twist mops like you with one arm…”
HAHAHAHHAHA
Morris fight highlight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-_nnvDY8pk
slapshot, i guess we will know if it is true by 5.
The Ducks are absolutely cleaning house Moen and Pahlsson on top of Kunitz, should have tried to get one of them for Prucha
give me a break about Dawes. he is a soft, opportunistic, floater who plays the perimeter, is no good on the forecheck, and is totally dependent on others to get the puck from the corner. also a mediocre player in the defensive zone
bad player if you want a gritty team
i hate this MO for our club – trade the guys who lack the size on paper but actually give +100% on the ice. this sucks. miss ya prucha, best of luck. you’ll do fine – ask guys like marc savard. we need team chemistry, not tall guys to reach the premium booze on the top shelf.
Slats, please go back to Canada. as soon as possible. PLEASE. you’ve now out-NeilSmithed Neil Smith himself. i’m surprised you haven’t thrown in the arena with any of these deals.
Dumping that titless woman Kalinin, makes my week. Firing Renney already made my year!
Are you people serious?
Nigel Dawes SUCKS!!!! He’s been given ample opportunities and can’t do a damn thing!!
And as far as Prucha goes, what has he done since ‘06 when he was taken off the PP with Jagr? Go ahead, I’ll wait..
Callahan and the Korpedo are much better options up front. What Sather did was get a much better d-man than Kalinin, and Antropov made Prucha and Dawes useless… Sure, Prucha played hard, but so does Callahan, and do we want to lose him?
And don’t say Sjostrom, because no one wanted him..
Bottom line, this is as good a deal as the Rangers can do, because the miracle trade of Gomez or Redden won’t happen. MAYBE a trade involving Rozsival, but that’s it.
I love those “heart beat” guys that the fans love and then want to lynch the GM when he trades them. Remember todd Harvey? Where is he now? Collecting tolls at the Lincoln Tunnel?
Morris = rental. and Prucha and Dawes had to go at some point… to make some cap space for the bigger boys WE ALL KNOW WE NEED cuz we’re screwed by Blowmez, Drury, and Redden.
Would you rather have a Staal, Callahan, Mara, etc., or Prucha, Dawes, and one of the above? Think about it…
We definitely got bigger, and Antropov walks in as our highest scorer. Prucha will be missed. He will do well in Phoenix. No big loss over Dawes or Kalinin. We overpaid big time for Morris but I bet Sather included Prucha just to dump salary. That and I’m sure Maloney is well aware of what he brings to the table, which is heart, effort and a good nose for the net.
So forwards look like: Antropov, Gomez, Zherdev, Drury, Naslund, Dubinsky, Callahan, Korpikoski, Avery, Sjostrom, Betts, Orr, Bell.
Defense looks like: Mara, Redden, Rozsival, Giradi, Staal, Morris
Hank and Valli in net.
That allows room for a 7th defenseman, likely Potter.
Wow, this is whole new team
Great trades! Prucha & Kalinin are UFAs, are Dawes is redundant.
“LeBrun (3:48 p.m. ET): Deals are still trickling in past the deadline because of the backup at the fax machine at the NHL’s head office. We hear of a possible three-way trade involving Erik Cole possibly going back to Carolina. More on that later.”
From ESPN
Bettman called the fax machine repair service, he has an appointment for next Tuesday 10AM
Slats should have went after Kunitz. He’s looking pretty good with the Pens.
But then again, for some reason everyone who comes to NY these days, never does that great. Must be a fuggin curse.
It would be sweet if Antropov can be the opposite and finally break out, and be the dominant center we hoped we would have with Dru, and Gomer.
Prucha is 6 ft 175 lbs. Look it up
jack
March 4th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Morris = Redden part II.
Antrpov = zherdev part II
Sather should be shot.
dead on.
morris is so soft. he’s terrible.
antro is incredibly frustrating to watch.
ugh. i hate glen.
Sather has to go ….he sucks …Morris and Antropov will not help … I rather keep Prucha’s and Dawes upside …
Baumer582,
i agree 100%. prucha was fun to watch and played with tons of heart but he is a free agent to be and was = cally and korpi
the reality is they have no clue what they are doing at the garden. they let a hall of fame point guard rub and touch every female in the building when all evidence was agaisnt him (not to mention doing a lousy job with the resident b ball team). they let a washed up cigar chewing fool who was lucky enough years ago to have a stud farm of young kids with him (you know tgo,mess,coff,etc…) and since then has done nothing remotely successful. you know the old saying if you keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results that’s the definition of INSANITY, agreed?
Canes got O’Sullivan!
Boumeester (sp?) in the offseason maybe?
nyr13 March 4th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
jcl206,
you are right and wrong about prucha. he is an RFA as of july 1. but, if the team who owns his rights do not make a qualifying offer to him (equal to last years salary i believe) he automatically becomes a UFA.
I believe it’s 10% more than the prior year salary, but what you said can be applied to any RFA. Had Sather not traded Prucha he would have been foolish not to tender him a qualifying offer, because then he could have then traded hum next season(if he didnt really want him), instead of losing him for nothing.
Patrick O’Sullivan to the Canes
Hahaha, Sather missed out on Patrick O’Sullivan
We really do have one of the worst GMs.
Who here has season tix? I’d be pissed as hell to be spending money on this team, what a mess.
Does this mean (PRUCHA25) is Traded too!!?? wow , I see a name change comming on …
So the question is…when do we get to see these guys play? do they skate tomorrow night? i’m assuming they’ll have to. doesn’t give torts much time to teach them the system
With so many unlikable athletes in sports, sometimes you have to root for what’s best for the good guys (e.g. Prucha).
New coach or not, it was clear he was never going to be afforded the same chance as other players, for whatever the reasons may be.
I feel good for him that he can go to another team where he doesn’t have to look over his shoulder every night wondering if every shift is the make or break on whether or not he’ll be in the lineup every night.
Can’t say the same for Dawes as I thought he never made the most of what was handed to him on a silver platter.
Best of luck Pru, I look forward to you lighting us up the next time Phoenix visits the Garden.
Salty, awesome highlight video, love the cell phone
Doodie
I’m interested in your take on today’s moves. You seem less than thrilled to say the least.
I know nothing about Antropov (other than his size) & Morris… what’s your perception here?
O’sully was traded in a 3 way deal to EDM.
I like O’sully. Wanted him here in the summer
tyree March 4th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Prucha is 6 ft 175 lbs. Look it up
That’s not true. I’ve met Prucha. I’m 5’9 185.. He’s shorter than me.
Leetch was also not 6’1, more like 5’10, and Gomez who I met on 7th Ave after they eliminated NJ last year was my exact height…
Athletes always lie about their height.
new post
Edmonton gets O’Sullivan!!
That Morris video highlight didn’t include one video from him playing this year.
Edmonton got O’Sullivan in a 3 team
Sather doesn’t care who the fans like. He pretends that now he “loves” Avery. He doesn’t care that fans loved Prucha. But now we’re stuck with Avery’s bloated salary as well as every other huge salary Sather is responsible for.
Why didn’t Sather dump salary? And even if Antropov plays great, we can’t sign him anyway. Sather is so bad on so many levels.
Derek Morris has never played on a big market team. That usually works well.
I met Prucha on Casino night last year and he IS 6’ and Jagr was everybit of the monster he is.
Ill take the posted stats over hearsay anytime. 6 ft tall is not that tall. it is almost average
cole’s probably going back to carolina
Can’t wait to go to the game tomorrow and see a group of people that I could care less about. The only people I actually like on this team are Henrik and Dubinsky. Now with Pru gone and Avery back I don’t know if I care that much anymore.
Like 6’ is tall… LOL
Prucha is 6 ft 175 lbs. Look it up
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Teams often beef up player demo’s… especially smaller guys like Prucha.
I’m not doubting it says that somewhere, but when Prucha first appeared on the scene scoring goals and playing like a big dog, a big deal was made about his size and that he was’t even 6’.
Funny Prucha memory #218:
They interviewed him early on on MSG when he was making his name, and some woman asked him something like “So… you seem to like to play like you’re a big guy… how do you manage that?” And he just seemed confused and smiled and said “I AM a big guy!”.... anyone remember that?
I’m gonna try something novel this year, and just see how this plays out. Sucks to let Prucha go, but such is life, not going to pass any judgement until I see a few games
Mako,
My fault, I met Dawes and said it was Prucha.. So I was wrong there..
I also met Jagr and Staal, and they are both enormous (Staal was skinny, so if HGH’s it, he’d be gigantic).
Cole back to Carolina
It’s going to much harder to get in this year than the previous one
Prucha,Dawes,Kilinin,and a 2nd rd pick,LET ME GAT THIS RIGHT for Antropov,and Morris u kidding me GREAT DAY
This has to be a wait and see with these trades. Morris isn’t that big and don’t know if he is a big hitter with only 24 pm. Antro is a head case so lets hope Torts can make it work. Torts better have a degree in Physcology with this bunch of head cases.Avery,Z,Redden ,gomez etc etc etc. I t shopuld be interesting.If it fails misserably maybe just maybe sather goes. I know wishful thinking!
Prucha is definitely taller than 5’9
too bad about prucha i thought he was really coming into his own under torts system. Dawes sucked he has been expendable since he first came into the league. Kalinin.. garbage.
“But now we’re stuck with Avery’s bloated salary as well as every other huge salary Sather is responsible for.”
Less than 2 million? I mean he’s no Maxim Affigenov, but come on!
Petr Prucha was the midget in the movie “In Brugge”
why couldnt we get cole instead of Antropov?
prucha had one good yr everyone needs to relax.. and dawes is too small to do anything other than the shootout.. kalinin f’in blows..
who would you rather have antropov, avery and morris or prucha dawes and kalinin..
who gives you the best chance? that’s an easy answer
Gargoyle,
I got their annual numbers from NHLNumbers.com
I posted their annual salaries, not their cap hits for the remainder of this year which are obviously smaller. I’m not factoring in Dawes, Prucha or Kalinin’s numbers because they’re not on the team anymore.
Morris and Antropov contracts alone are almost $6MM. Most of the annualized $7.4MM will get spread around the RFAs that I assume the Rangers will keep. For example, Dubi makes about $0.65MM this year. I attribute the money to the raises the RFAs could expect to make because they are guaranteed their base salary from this year + a certain %. So essentially you budget in Dubi or Zherdev or Cally’s current base salary and then deduct whatever raise they get from the $7.4 MM.
So yes, you’re right they probably net out less than $3-$4MM or more likely less than $2MM when all is said and done. I was simply using the maximum money they would get if they let the new guys walk plus the amount they won’t be on the hook for with Voros/Reitz.
“Prucha,Dawes,Kilinin,and a 2nd rd pick,LET ME GAT THIS RIGHT for Antropov,and Morris u kidding me GREAT DAY” – ACDC
Great day how? We upgraded our depth a little bit. Thats all. These guys are not even proven playoff guys either.
The 2nd round pick wouldve been more valuable down the road cause this team is going nowhere.
Dawes – Invisible, small, better youth in Hartford to replace him
Kalinen – we ALL wanted him gone
Prucha – We ALL had love for him due to his heart, but come on, he was never goign to be resigned over the summer
Both these guys are UFA in the summer, so they help with the playoff push, we lose a 2nd round pick, have Avery back, Have Torts has our head coach, and REnney and Pearn are banished
I hate Sather as much as the next Ranger fan, but it could have been SO MUCH WORSE
Imagine he traded Dubinsky? Staal? Callahan?
LEt’s not all turn into little crying bitches about two trades.
Im pumped for Tomorrow nights game now!!
Mikey NJ,
well said!
I’m tell you guys this is a MUCH BETTER,BIGGER,TOUGHER TEAM.
The days of getting run over and pushed around aer over.
“I’m tell you guys this is a MUCH BETTER,BIGGER,TOUGHER TEAM.
The days of getting run over and pushed around aer over.”
Antropov is not that hard to play against for that huge frame, stop making it seem like opposition fears him – they don’t.
Morris & Avery are sandpaper players, but they are middleweights at best, they also are not as scary as our fanbase will make them out to be.
Yeah couldve been worse, Slats couldve traded Hank and our next 10 first round draft choices, all is okay, dont look at the old grey haired man behind the curtain, .....well said Mikey lol
anyone who is upset about these trades cannot be serious. all 3 players traded were underachievers. what was brought back was size and a little toughness. if this was 2001 sather would have traded dubinsky for morris and cally for antropov.
they gave up nothing!!! i will miss pruchas heart but thats it!
I would rather not have gotten either because they both suck. RFAs require Compensation if dealt or signed. UFAs dont
tyree March 4th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I would rather not have gotten either because they both suck. RFAs require Compensation if dealt or signed. UFAs dont
yeah but we already determined that prucha was going to be UFA and we all know nobody was offering dawes anything. kalinin=UFA
“anyone who is upset about these trades cannot be serious. all 3 players traded were underachievers. what was brought back was size and a little toughness. if this was 2001 sather would have traded dubinsky for morris and cally for antropov.
they gave up nothing!!! i will miss pruchas heart but thats it!” – nyr13
I never expected Dubi or Cally or Staal to be traded thats not the point pee wee.
They were still assets, Glen used them to add more meiocrity into the team. Depth for sure, but if this is the best he could do I’m ready for a new GM who knows what he’s doing.
I’m on the fence over these trades and will wait to see Antro and Morris play before I pass judgment. I was a huge Prucha fan and wanted him to succeed as much as any player on this team but the reality is we are in a terrible cap situation. My gut tells me we didn’t improve much in skill, improved our size and created a little bit of cap space…..with a huge loss in the heart/passion department.
Gargoyle,
you honestly think the rangers are worse off today than they were yesterday?
No, they are a little better, no doubt.
I was hoping for more creativity, and I really have no idea why cause I know Sather is our GM.
Truth is Cole, Kotalik or Williams wouldve been better than Antropov.
Never like Derek Morris, very overrated for years, now he’s not even the same as his better days. Steve Montador wouldve been better.
So, Prucha, Dawes and Kalinin are officially off the books, and Antropov and Morris will probably come off during the offseason. That’s more than 10 million in cap relief, which allows the Rangers to re-sign some RFA’s.
One of Sauer, Sanguinetti or Potter will probably make the team out of camp, and Anisimov will replace Antropov.
In the end, there is a decent chance we’ll able to re-sign guys like Cally, Dubinsky and Staal… which is fine by me. At least Sather is doing something to try and retain our youth for next year.
cole, kotalik, and williams all underachieving this season too. if they got cole ppl would have said should have gotten antropov. if they got williams they should’ve got kotalik.
its a crap shoot…morris could be solid, montador i think wasn’t gonna fit with rangers d. i think of redden when i see montador.
So, Prucha, Dawes and Kalinin are officially off the books, and Antropov and Morris will probably come off during the offseason. That’s more than 10 million in cap relief, which allows the Rangers to re-sign some RFA’s.” YK
Dude 10 million !!!???? Come on man, you’re not even close !
Sather is the worst GM in hockey.
Worse the Snow.
The Islanders will be better then the Rangers in 2 years..because they will have youth…we will have Drury, Gomez, Rozy and Redden…2 years older.
Until Dolan fires Sather or sells the Rangers we will always be medicore.
Sather is doing this on purpose.
He knows the moves he makes suck.
He hates New York and their fans just like Isiah did…but the dolans are the biggest A holes around.
Worst owners in all sports…even worse than Wang and that is impossible.
In Antropov, Avery, Morris
out Voros, Kalinen, Prucha, Dawes,
How are we clearing cap space??? Now or in the summer
someone explain
Cole & Williams are proven playoff performers, and Kotalik has more goals & assists than Antropov on the PP this season.
Believe me, those guys are all better than Antropov.
How is it not close? Am I missing something?
Prucha = ~1.5
Kalinin = 2.1
Dawes = .5
Antropov = 2
Morris = 4
That’s about 10 million
YK
you traded away 4M and received 6M thats all…thats not saving 10M…thats adding 2M
You forgot about adding Avery’s salary this week as well
The salaries we added are prorated, only cap hit of a few hundred thousand. We loosed up room in the cap for Avery, Antropov, & Morris by letting go of Voros, Reitz, Prucha, Kalinen & Dawes.
The team is improved and at worst, as good as we were before the trade deadline. Like it has been pointed out by other posters, we got Avery for a better deal than we wanted to re-sign him for.
The new aquisitions allowed us to move players that either people wanted gone, or could care less about anyway, (Kalinin, Dawes.
And our roster is trimmed down, which Tortorella was gonna do anyway in his system. We had too many forwards and people getting scrathced or not enough playing time.
so gross you do shed appx 10 mill, however when you look at the net it works differently.
ex
you have 50 million dollar roster hit
you subtract the appx 5 mill from pru,dawes, and kalinin so you are now at a 45million dollar roster
then you add the (from what you have)6 million dollar hit from antropov and morris and you are now at 51 million…
so as of right now you’ve gained 1 million in overall cap hit, but during the summer(july) you would no longer have antro and morris on the books, so their 6 million combined is what you have to play with…
http://www.nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?team=NYR
here are the cap numbers
Sather’s best years are well behind him.
EhhhH! WRONG!
Prucha was an RFA. nhlnumbers.com
Of the three, Kalinin and Prucha weren’t going to be back next season as both are UFA’s and Dawes’ playing time would have decreased dramatically with Sean Avery back.
What’s done is done. Complaining about it here won’t do anything. Fact of the matter is, Prucha’s career will thrive anywhere but here. We should be happy for him.
you guys are so pathetic, I mean its sad to see Dawes and Prucha go, they will both be missed but there was no way they were going to be able to keep them in addition to Korpikoski, Dubinsky, Callahan and Sjostrom for next season. I excepted long ago that Prucha was going to be traded but its sad to see dawes gone, i had a feeling he was going to be traded to make room for a taller player now, and Anisimiov later.
P.S. I don’t think Avery is going to be a ranger next season, I mean I don’t think it will be something he does, its just they have to get their young guys in the line up and he stands right in the way of that.
Don’t really see how anyone is down on these moves- the only thing of anyone can get worked up about, if they so choose, is the second round pick-
dawes, kalinin, prucha- not rangers in 2009-2010
antropov, morris- not rangers in 2009-2010
you guys don’t think antropov will be top-notch ready to go and show people on a big stage for 18 games that he deserves a big time deal? The upside on him for this last month + is gigantic…
Barnaby hates the move- Laviolette loves it- I’ll go with Peter
i will miss you peter prucha :’(
jack
is the worst GM in hockey.
Worse the Snow.
The Islanders will be better then the Rangers in 2 years..because they will have youth…
we dont have youth? sather did a very good job today. we didnt lose grachev, sangs, del zotto, anisimov, korpikoski, dubinsky, or staal. with avery here dawes was going to get even less time. you can essentially call the morris trade morris for dawes bc i doubt phoenix is going to qualify prucha at 1.6 mil or resign kalinin. morris is the physical defenseman we’ve lacked for awhile. with the antropov move we didnt trade our first, which is a good thing. yea we’ve picked some guys up with our 2nd in recent years but if antropov comes in here and helps this team out then hell yea id do that trade any day of the week. this also frees us up of two RFA’s that we would have had to qualify this offseason. instead we have two UFA’s that will walk away from the team.
Sather good job today, you said you wanted size you went and got it. good job
also the rangers inquired about st. louis, but because the price was pretty high sather balked. and i say good job from sather on that one, not jeopardizing our future. i would imagine that any trade for st. louis would have had either grachev sangs or del zotto going the other way, and i wouldnt do that.
Sather got size
He got some toughness on defense
he got a big man for the wing
traded spare parts
DIDNT trade the farm
We still have our top prospects, and our first round pick.
I don’t understand the backlash against Sather for his moves yesterday.
– We got rid of Kalinin (who is terrible), Dawes (who has 1 good game every 8), and Prucha (who never realized his full potential which is not his fault).
– We got back Avery (for half price), Antropov (6’ 6” scorer who can play the PP), and Morris (much better than Kalinin).
We didn’t take on any big contracts or any more salary and didn’t trade the farm either. If you don’t think we are better off with Avery, Morris, and Antropov then you just don’t understand hockey. I am not saying this is a long term fix for our goal scoring issues because it’s not, this was a short term fix.
As much as I loved Prucha’s work ethic and his heart I just don’t see him becoming this 40 goal scorer everyone thinks he is going to be. He is easily taken off the puck and is not strong on his skates. I can see him being a consistent 20 goal scorer but no more.
If you are angry because Sather didn’t dump a big contract, then put yourself in the shoes of other teams. Why the hell would you take one of our ridiculous contracts on? You would really want Redden, Roszival, Gomez, or Drury at the ridiculous salaries they make???
Let’s see how we end the season, if Morris or Antropov don’t do anything for us we simply don’t sign em….