The Rangers don't need Rielly though. They have a pipeline of very good LD's coming up right now. Not to mention the space they'll next year for Zib, Fox and Kakko.

"The cost of taking on that money"?!?!? Curran's cap hit is $1 million and Engvall's is $1.25 million. And we wouldn't pay more than a fifth-round draft pick for him even if we needed yet another bottom-6 left-handed forward, which we don't. And right now, Josh Mahura has the same standing in our plans as Timothy Liljegren does in yours.

No, no, no.

Our AHL team will be stack regardless.

High on Rubins so that's just me if keep

It saves useless money. Curran makes a million to play in the AHL while Engvall makes just over a million to contribute in the NHL. The actual dollars saved isnt their but the quality on the dollars spent changes. That is massive. And sure the Mahura might be too much that is why i mentioned the other prospects in the comments below.

Yes they do. But in this scenario they lose Jones (because the trade). So left side they are left with Miller, Robertson and Lindgren. I do not think any of those guys will be as good as Rielly. So not getting a top 2 D man because young D men who might be top 4 D is kinda dumb in my opinion. They also have 28 million dollars in cap space next offseason, not factoring in any trades they can make to clear up space.

Engvall sitting in the press box is better than Curran in SD?

Rielly isn't worth it for them to clear up that space when they have Jones. Why would they trade a young player on an ELC for a player they'd have to trade to clear up? Miller is already on his way towards being much better than Rielly. The Rangers are not in an immediate need to trade away quality futures for someone like Rielly.

Rangers decline quickly.

I cannot for the life of me imagine where you got this insane concept of "good money vs. bad money." There is no difference between money spent at the NHL level and money spent at the AHL level; whether a team is $9 million under the cap or $11 million or $5 million is irrelevant. And just where do you think Engvall's $1.25 million is going? Anaheim already has 14 forwards in line for the 2021-2022 season, and every single one of them is worth more to us than Engvall could ever possibly be, so even assuming that our GM lost his mind and acquired Engvall, it would be to replace someone else, which doesn't shift money onto the NHL roster at all. And do you think that if we traded Kodie Curran, we wouldn't replace him on the San Diego roster with another defenseman? So that doesn't shift money OFF the AHL books, either.

Your entire theory is cuckoo, and even worse than your over-evaluation of Pierre Engvall as someone we would trade Kodie Curran for even-up, let alone add anything more than an equipment bag.

Have you guys EVER in your life seen anything more insane than the idea that trading Kodie Curran for Pierre Engvall would turn "bad" AHL money into "good" NHL money? This one really takes the cake.

But everyone wants Engvall! Take a look at one of the newer TOR threads sending Engvall to SEA. It's a hoot.

The concept of good money versus bad money is simple. Curran is a 31 year old AHL D one a one way contract so he makes a million dollars next season where ever he plays. Engvall is an NHL caliber forward who makes 1.25 million next season. Anaheim is not a wealthy team, so spending a million dollars on an AHL player is not good for them. Yes they are not saving actually dollars but the value output of the money spent is greater with Engvall. The fact that you fail to understand that concept is sad. Its like when Columbus traded Horton for Clarkson, Clarkson was not worth his contract but he would give them NHL minutes for the money while Horton gave them nothing. It is the same concept. You can replace Curran in the AHL for someone making under 100k. The difference in value between the 2 is big, I understand Mahura would be too much, that is why in the comment section below I said i would do Max Golod. So that is a million dollar AHL D man and a undrafted Free agent signing that played in the ECHL for a NHL player. The fact you wouldnt take that means youre an idiot. Engvall scored at 0.3 PPG last season playing 4th line minutes and is 25 and Plays center. He isnt the best player ever but that would place him as the 9th highest scorer among regular forwards for the ducks last season, and if the ducks had 14 forwards better than Engvall they wouldnt have finished in second last place.

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There are two other players involved in this move -- the player Engvall is replacing, and the player replacing Curran. Engvall isn't filling a void, and losing Curran is creating one. As a result, the money value you are imagining is insignificant. And to think that said miniscule money value (if any) is worth anything more than the aforementioned equipment bag, let alone an actual warm body, is insane.