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Created by: Jimbo1119

Team: 2020-21 New York Rangers

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 2, 2020

Published: Mar. 11, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Slight changes to the current group...gotta let the youngsters in the current group continue together- continually reassess as well as watch development of others sill in college/AHL/Europe

Players added:
Cleasson- a stop gap defensively oriented LD
Krav- needs a chance to crack the lineup
Lias- need to mend that fence then give him a fair shot in terms of usage (11-14 min/game) and NHL caliber line mates.
McKegg and DiG kept along as cheap fill ins for injury depth and go to options in case any of the young guys hit a wall.

Departures:
Hank- no nice way to deal with this...legendary Ranger...hall of famer...unfortunately it is over- the torch has been passed...and in the cruel business side of this sport- his cap hit is suffocating to the team going forward- so a retirement tour is not happening
Fast- another guy difficult to say good bye to- he owes it to himself to chase whatever $ he can find- probably 2.5-3M for 3-4 years...but that can't be with the Rangers- that money for a bottom 6 player would handcuff the Rangers and block youngsters out of the lineup.

Key RFA signings:
ADA- 3 years at 5.5M brings him to UFA...plan with him is to move to left- across from Fox or Trouba- once Nils is NHL ready...his production and D game should continue to develop- if his O game even comes close to this year's production going forward he will out-perform this contract- which will give the Rangers many options a year or 2 down the line as they monitor the development of a handful of real good LD prospects.
Strome- goes to arbitration and before it gets nasty they settle on this 1 year show me deal...he's making good money in this show me year- UFA to follow...and the Rangers keep him as a stop gap 2C until Chytl is ready to take over

Staal and Smith- both ride their contracts out with as little to do with this group as possible...one (presumably Smith) will need to play a sheltered 3LD role...Staal rides out the year with as little playing time as possible...If any of the LD prospects push the lineup then the option will exist to waive or move Claesson or Smith.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Barron, Morgan	3	$925,000
Lundkvist, Nils	3	$925,000
Miller, K'Andre	3	$925,000
Pajuniemi, Lauri	3	$925,000
Wall, Tyler	2	$925,000
Gross, Nico	3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Deangelo, Anthony	3	$5,500,000
Di Giuseppe, Phillip	1	$800,000
Strome, Ryan	1	$5,500,000
Lemieux, Brendan	3	$1,250,000
Georgiev, Alexandar	3	$2,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Claesson, Fredrik		1	$800,000
McKegg, Greg		1	$800,000

Buyouts

Kevin Shattenkirk: $6,083,333
Dan Girardi: $1,111,111
Ryan Spooner: $300,000
Brad Richards: $0
Henrik Lundqvist: $5,500,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$84,000,000	$83,077,299	$0	$8,912,500	$922,701

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kreider, Chris $6,500,000$6,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 7	Zibanejad, Mika $5,350,000$5,350,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Buchnevich, Pavel $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Panarin, Artemi $11,642,857$11,642,857 LW NMC UFA - 6	Strome, Ryan $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, C UFA - 2	Gauthier, Julien $863,333$863,333 ($300,000$300K) RW UFA - 1
Howden, Brett $863,333$863,333 C, LW UFA - 1	Chytil, Filip $894,166$894,166 ($350,000$350K) C, LW UFA - 1	Kakko, Kaapo $925,000$925,000 ($2,650,000$3M) RW RFA - 2
Lemieux, Brendan $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Andersson, Lias $894,166$894,166 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 1	Kravtsov, Vitali $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW RFA - 2
Di Giuseppe, Phillip $800,000$800,000 LW UFA - 1	McKegg, Greg $800,000$800,000 C, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Lindgren, Ryan $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 1	Fox, Adam $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 2	Shesterkin, Igor $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) G UFA - 1
Claesson, Fredrik $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1	Trouba, Jacob $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 6
Smith, Brendan $4,350,000$4,350,000 LD/RD, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Deangelo, Anthony $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Georgiev, Alexandar $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 2
Staal, Marc $5,700,000$5,700,000 LD NMC UFA - 1

Mar. 11, 2020 at 9:55 a.m.

KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

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Dude, Claesson sucked for us last season and we have Miller, Rykov and Hajek coming up! Play one of the kids!

Fast can be resigned, if you don't make a few mistakes here: Strome is worth 4 mil MAX, if he wants 4,5 mil or more, then trade him for a pick or two and sign a cheaper for the PK. Also, Hank will likely retire so you can just put his whole contract on LTIR. If not, terminate his deal altogether. With that, Fast can be easily resigned... 3 years, 2,75 mil AAV.

Lemieux is worth slightly more than that, I'd argue that he'll get paid 3 years at 1,75 mil per.

Lias is a tough one. If he wants to come back ans try to become a good bottom six defensive forward he's more than welcomed to, however it's likely we move him in a package deal.

Mar. 11, 2020 at 10:03 a.m.

asauer1122

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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

How is Lias as a player??

Mar. 11, 2020 at 10:06 a.m.

KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

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Quoting: asauer1122

How is Lias as a player??

Currently having a nice season in the SHL in Europe, but has struggled mightly in North America. Only 1 pt in 17 games with us at the beginning of the season...

Mar. 11, 2020 at 5:29 p.m.

Fox_Czar_Cup

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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

Hank will likely retire so you can just put his whole contract on LTIR. If not, terminate his deal altogether.

Don't forget the 3m cap recapture hit

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Mar. 11, 2020 at 5:54 p.m.

Jimbo1119

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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

If Hajek, Miller or Rykov are NHL ready- I would certainly play them over Claesson ...my point here was not to endorse Claesson- but to sign him or another cheap LD option to keep roster filled- and avoid playing Staal- until the young guys are ready....don't want to rush any of them- I believe Hajek was close to (if not ) the worst statistical Dman before he got hurt this year...and Rykov is supposedly behind him.

As far as Hank's retirement- correct me if I am wrong- but I believe even if he retires the team is hit with 3M cap recapture...in any case- I do like Fast- but RW gets pretty crowded- with Krav hopefully coming up....something has to give- and unfortunately I see that as Fast going.

Lemiuex has had a rough season since his injury- I belirve enough to suppress what they will pay...but I wont argue too much 1.25 vs 1.75M....do think he has a place on this team going forward for the $ both of us are talking.

Lias- good chance he will never see NY in a Ranger jersey...I would just like to see him get another shot. He will never live up to what we want a #7 pick to be...but there is still a lot of value in him as an ultra competitive bottom 6 grinder- a puck hound who other players hate to play against. As far as moving him- I feel he has such little value right now that it would be a better situation to sit on him (or how about give another chance?) rather than trade him at bottom value- only to see him emerge as a valuable mid 6 presence on another team.

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