Meant to add a draft pick in the trade

over the cap with just 20 players. maybe your can't sign all those players

Tavares will cost 12M... and you're already over the cap with 20 players

i can see zuc and namestikov going for dougie but not buch. Buch is a top 6 forward already and is great with ziba and krieder while namestikov hasnt found his grove in nyr since being aquired.

again, I got this from a Flames beat writer. he said thats what it would take.

prorate/distribute contracts. sign some for less or not at all. 2.2m isn't THAT hard to fix.

I think Tavares will get 12m too. I used a graph from @cane_matt. It predicted ~10m AAV

this is true. Maybe Nash isn't resigned. Maybe he's willing to go back to NY for less. a common and easy way to fix this is to prorate and/or distribute the money unequally.

I dont like the trade. And I think we need to move on past the Nash era. We tried, it failed, time to try something else.

Also dont see Namestnikov taking 3m, unless its an arbitration award - even then, he'd get more.

Finally, why are we signing Skjei to a big deal after the season he had?

I realize NYR are over the cap. This means either some players wont be signed or some will sign for less. OR you can unequally distribute the contracts throughout the years of the term.

Again, I made this based on the rumor(s) that we have all heard lately.

I dont really know how I feel about the trade either but that's what I think it would take.

Nash wouldn't be used as the "goal scorer" but as a utility guys who can take responsibility in all 3 zones (which is what he was when he was in NY).

I used contracts from a hockey graph editor who has had a better record of getting these things closer to accurate than anyone else I could find. I thought/think he would get more too. and if he does, I don't think it'll be from NYR.

I expect Skjei to get paid big time because the organization seems to be turning to him as the next "Mac" and I honestly wouldn't hate it. he had a bad year in a bad system with poor/inconsistent line mates. I think most would expect a significant bounce back, right?

1. Would NOT re-sign Nash
2. Would NOT give up Buch with Zucc for Hamilton, can care less what their beat writer says it is what it’d take. It’s as if a NYR fan is saying “Brooks says this so it is what it’s take.”
3. That’s the deal that I’d be okay with for Skjei, had a bad year but he’s the only top 4 dman on this past season’s roster.
4. Zucc, Namestnikov and a late first may be enough to get it done.
5. Dead cap space for 6 years not a major fan of it after buying out DG last season, aka wouldn’t buy out Staal this year. Maybe next year
6. Lastly, Spooner is a RFA and he made Hayes worthy of being called a possible 2C in the future for this team, why just not re-sign him or not trade him?

Don’t like trading Buch here and I don’t really think the Rangers will, but if it lands us Hamilton, that’s a different story. I’m not too fond of Kovalchuk, but again that was reportedly happening so. This isn’t too bad except for one thing. Kevin Hayes is not worth 5 million dollars. Are you telling me that Kevin Hayes is 350,000 less valuable to the Rangers than Mika Zibanejad is... that’s crazy.