i may be wrong but i think sending him to hartford to rot can send a good or a bad message to other players who may want to play for the rangers in the future. it can go either way. i dont think id chance it right away.

i do kinda agree with mundo and rob to give redden a full season under torts but i fell that if they can trade him get rid of him and if there is a better trade someone can come up with awesome. i cant see him getting 6.5 mil dollars good like someone else said.

im not even going to address any more gilroy sh|t talk.

Plus everyone will expect him to hop in the lineup and score 15 goals and 30 assists his first year
If he plays solid defense and doesnt take stupid penalties he will already surpass Paul Mara, and thats all i will be asking

honestly, i don’t know what to expect of this offseason but i really doubt this team is going to get shaken up too much before going into next year. it really shouldn’t take torts a full year of coaching this team to figure out what he has and doesn’t have. his short tenure with the team should’ve given him a pretty good glance at who needs to be remain a ranger and who needs to get sent outta town.

del zotto will be back in juniors again next year.
gilroy does indeed have bust written all over him and as far as heikkenen goes, eh i mean who really knows? i’m expecting jamtin part two.

i don’t see a light at the end of this tunnel yet. maybe that’ll happen as the new season starts approaching but man, slats has all of us between a rock and a hard place.

since drury isn’t going anywhere, i’d at least like to see the captaincy removed from his sweater. i don’t think i need to even try to present an argument on that one but until this team has a player develop into captain material, they shouldn’t have one.

everyone who thinks redden has to be packaged with an attractive pick or a boatload of great prospects and young talent is wrong. send him to hartford and let him rot. financially it was a huge mistake that glen is going to have over his head until the problem is resolved. isn’t the 2011 draft supposed to be awful? send redden and 2011 first round pick for ANYTHING.

how do you trade redden?
who do you package to make it look nice and to where?

getting rid of Redden is not worth losing Staal, Dubi or anybody like that (Cally as well) .. Redden can be hidden as 4th defenseman, maybe even 5th or 6th after some of these guys establish themselves in next 2 years

the lightning are a team that needs to get rid of salary as well as a team that needs defense. there have been rumors they would move vinny and the 2nd rd pick for the right offer. thats the only reason i said tampa.

with colorado i only said that cause of last season when the avs fans thought on their blog that it was a good idea to try and get him.

like i said i cant see this being the only deal. i dont think its a good deal thats why i was trying to see if anyone could think of a second trade that would send that 1st rounder somewhere else with lets say the rangers 1st rd pick and maybe even something else. that second trade may very well be realistic. glad to see other people chiming in. all i wanted was good conversation today.

for anyone to take our “garbage” there has to be something good along with it. thats the only problem.

i am in no way saying i like the trade. im going to continue to say it. i just want to have a good convo today.

How does his shot suck, because he hasnt scored many goals in his first few years in the league so his shot sucks right?

Souray – 13 goals in first 287 games
Chara – 6 goals in first 206 games

couple of preeeetty good defenseman right?

Defenseman worry about DEFENSE first coming into the NHL, far and away worry about defense more than offense, but when Marc Staal does get involved in the offense, he always makes good things happen.. he knows when to throw the puck at the net for a rebound with guys crashing, he knows when to take a chance to carry into the zone, the few goals he has scored in the NHL have been great shots for the most part(see his first NHL goal vs. Brodeur ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TP9zbBXFYQ ), goal vs. Caps this year, the few that he has scored hav been great shots.. he gets barely any power play time… he will get more time on the PP as he keeps getting older and he will show you how much his shot sucks..

gilroy could go either way and the signing of del zotto while exciting doesnt mean he is gonna be with us b/c either way its play for the rangers or back to the juniors. as much as i want to see him play in all likelihood he needs another year in juniors

Lastly, including drury in any package makes it far worse. who else but sather wants to pay a 3rd line center 7M a year for 3 years (ignoring his NMC)