A gamble

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Created by: mvp13

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 20, 2022

Published: Mar. 20, 2022

Team: 2022-23 New York Rangers

Team Explanation

Rakell acquired at the deadline, for picks/prospect assets (potentially/probably, one of Lundkvist or Kravstov). On the depth chart, he will swap places with Kakko if necessary.

To make room for the upcoming extension, Strome walks in free agency (maybe trade his rights for a low pick if possible), and Chytil is promoted to the 2C. This is a pretty big gamble. But if he's going to succeed, this will be the place and the time to do it.

The backup goalie can be anyone. Blais is given a do-over contract. Kakko signed to a short term prove it contract.

Next Year Rangers have 13 contracts signed with 14.8mil in projected space, with major pieces Laffy (~4mil), Miller (~3mil), and Chytil/2C if he doesn't succeed (~4mil) to sign. That leaves 3.8million for 4-7 contracts. While those contracts will be bottom 6/bottom pair/backup goalie/scratches, that's still ridiculously tight.

I don't really agree with doing this, just trying to put on paper how a Rakell trade/extension could look. I do suppose you'd have to leave out Vatrano to make it work for the future, or give him a short term deal.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Blais, Samuel		1	$1,500,000
Kakko, Kaapo		2	$2,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Vatrano, Frank	4	$3,000,000
Rakell, Rickard	4	$4,500,000
Kinkaid, Keith	1	$1,000,000

Trades

NYR

2022 7th round pick (STL)

MTL

Nemeth, Patrik
Kravtsov, Vitali [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

A package deal wherever the M-NTC allows.

Buyouts

Kevin Shattenkirk: $1,433,333
Dan Girardi: $1,111,111
Anthony Deangelo: $883,334
Brad Richards: $0

DRAFT YEAR	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	ROUND 3	ROUND 4	ROUND 5	ROUND 6	ROUND 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$82,500,000	$82,053,969	$0	$3,650,000	$446,031

Roster

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Kreider, Chris $6,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 5	Zibanejad, Mika $8,500,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Lafrenière, Alexis $925,000 LW, RW RFA - 1
Panarin, Artemi $11,642,857 LW NMC UFA - 4	Chytil, Filip $2,300,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Rakell, Rickard $4,500,000 RW, LW UFA
Vatrano, Frank $3,000,000 RW, LW UFA	Goodrow, Barclay $3,641,667 LW, C, RW NTC UFA - 5	Kakko, Kaapo $2,000,000 RW RFA
Blais, Samuel $1,500,000 RW UFA - 1	Brodzinski, Jonny $762,500 C UFA - 2	Reaves, Ryan $1,750,000 RW UFA - 1
Hunt, Dryden $762,500 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Lindgren, Ryan $3,000,000 LD RFA - 2	Fox, Adam $9,500,000 RD UFA - 7	Shesterkin, Igor $5,666,667 G UFA - 3
Miller, K'Andre $925,000 LD RFA - 1	Trouba, Jacob $8,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Kinkaid, Keith $1,000,000 G UFA
Jones, Zachary $925,000 LD RFA - 1	Schneider, Braden $925,000 RD RFA - 2
Tinordi, Jarred $900,000 LD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Kreider, C.		Zibanejad, M.		Lafrenière, A.
	Panarin, A.		Fox, A.

Power Play 2
Goodrow, B.		Chytil, F.		Kakko, K.
	Rakell, R.		Trouba, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Zibanejad, M.	Kreider, C.
	Lindgren, R.	Fox, A.

Penalty Kill 2
	Goodrow, B.	Brodzinski, J.
	Miller, K.	Trouba, J.

Mar. 20 at 1:27 p.m.

AdamFox

bang bang

Joined: Nov. 2017

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Get rid of it Vatrano, trade kravtsov for a pick and Nemeth isn't even that bad that we gotta get rid of kravtsov to get rid of 2.5 x 2

Mar. 20 at 1:32 p.m.

Marchy6363

GOHABSGO

Joined: Jun. 2021

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Habs deal

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Mar. 20 at 1:35 p.m.

mvp13

Thread Starter

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Quoting: Marchy6363

Habs deal

Quoting: AdamFox

Get rid of it Vatrano, trade kravtsov for a pick and Nemeth isn't even that bad that we gotta get rid of kravtsov to get rid of 2.5 x 2

The trade is just a placeholder, it's all explained. I know words can be difficult sometimes bahaha...

Mar. 20 at 1:40 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

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Rangers (and other teams) might have do that type of deal to get rid of unwanted cap like Nemeth.
Rakell isn't going to sign for so little.
Lots of RFAs to sign in 23/24 with little expiring contracts makes a problem.

Mar. 20 at 1:42 p.m.

aecliptic

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Quoting: palhal

What has Rakell done lately to deserve more than what Saad got?

Mar. 20 at 2:29 p.m.

mvp13

Thread Starter

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 1,092

Likes: 414

Quoting: palhal

Moreso the problem with a Nemeth trade is his bonehead M-NTC. So he could block a trade to teams willing to eat the contract, you know. That's why he's gonna have to be a package deal, whether it's Kravstov or a pick, etc. But he's not a bad player, just a weird contract. He can definitely be a serviceable bottom pairing defenseman on any team. The Rangers' cap crunch makes him expendable.

You might be right on Rakell's contract. It's a tough thing, because he was nearly a PPG for a while, but he's dipped down now. I don't like this route anyway, but just putting it on paper vs discussing it in chatrooms to see how the money works, you know

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