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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 23, 2017 at 8:21 a.m.
Thread: It's Good For The Soul
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Philu916</b></div><div>1. Much rather sign Brendan Smith for 4/4-4.5m if Rangers get Faulk. As much as we as Rangers fans want Shat, he is way too expensive. We need a few younger/cheap Dmen in the lineup for a few years.
2. I have seen it several times and I love the idea of signing Thornton to a 1 year deal to replace Step in top 6 after a trade, may like to see Gagner signed instead since he's a little younger but he'd be a few years.</div></div>

I like Smith as well, but i don't think him and Shatty are comparable. 2 very different types of defenseman so it really matters on what you think the Rangers should do with their D. I truly believe that they need to make a dramatic shift to get puck moving defenseman and there are not many better then Shatty. Smith is a great defenseman and in an ideal world ill have him on my team any day, but in this specific case i gotta leave him out. Puck mover is not his best attribute.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 17, 2017 at 9:36 p.m.
Thread: Now or Never Pt2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MG1986</b></div><div>I'd think that Vegas would take Nick Holden without the need to throw in any additional assets. Also, why would you pay Brendan Smith $4 million when you could get Michael Stone at that price, who, at least in my opinion, is a much better defender than Smith. Finally, while Shattenkirk may take $6 million AAV, I think he'd consider that a "home team discount" so he would want max term. Only based on what the media is saying, I think it would take at least $7.5 million AAV for a team to sign him this offseason, even if that team is the Rangers.</div></div>

I don't think Holden is worth taking alone for Vegas, not when you can choose from Grabner, Fast, Lindberg or Raanta. And i don't think it'll take much more then $6M to get Shatty, i really don't.