Quoting: KCarry74
you know that buyout time is over right ?
Quoting: ScottRoth
0 healthy scratches is bold
Quoting: F50marco
Any team can just buyout two players and not dress any extras to make it work. The point is that it isn't ideal and GM's tend to not want to do that.
Are the Rangers in cap he11? yes. Can they make like one or two trades to make it work? Yes.
"Cap he11" doesn't mean there is no solution in sight and the owner might as well fold the team because there is no way they'll ever be able to fit under the cap. Just means they don't have the luxury that most teams have of doing nothing and still being fine.
Rangers have over 1.766m to make call ups if needed, it'll probably be Shestyorkin, Fox and Andersson on rotation as needed.
8m in dead cap doesn't really affect us as the only players in my scenario that would have to be resigned next summer are Strome and Fast (once again assuming trades of Kreider/Namestnikov, there's your 8m there).
By the time any notable RFAs are up for a new deal, that number is down to less than 3.5m, with lundqvist, shattenkirk also off the books, 20m to sign Buch (if needed anymore), Chytil, Howden, Andersson, Lemieux, Shesterkin and Rykov should be enough.
By the time it'll be to resign Fox, Kravtsov and Kakko, the new TV deal should be in place which is supposed to increase the cap dramatically. Plus natural increase (and probably a larger one with the Seattle expansion.
Would trading help? Obviously, but it isn't a necessity as some are implying.
Quoting: glc_0908
i wanted the devs to offersheet trouba with the intent to secure an overpay, if they os deangelo now that'd be awesome for the rivalry lol
also evolving wild has deangelo at 6 year 4.6MM, not sure the signings are realistic, also not my team just my observation
Whoever signs DeAngelo to that deal has bigger problems than just the compensation. Rangers wouldn't match that at all.