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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 27, 2021 at 1:24 p.m.
Thread: Barkov
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>villenash</b></div><div>If Barkov walks, he's easily making more money than that. FLA would be ecstatic to grab him at that price, even $10m, and they'd give him the full 8 years. If Barkov hits FA, the Tavares contract is probably pretty close to what he gets.</div></div>

Barkov would also be a silly sally to walk away from 10 million (he'll make 10..) in a state with no income tax!

Rangers don't need another high priced center; they need one that can win face-offs. Their offense was top ten in the league (minus pp which is odd..but they love to pass (up opportunities) on the man advantage). Winning face-offs means more possession, means more chances in the offensive zone, means more goals for a team that was already scoring goals with the best of 'em. We have the scorers and playmakers; and the future.. we can't mortgage it because we have one summer with 24 million to play with.

What they need to focus on is the defensive side of the puck. They need to go out and hunt for a solid two way center, and add some tough vets to the bottom six; since our middle two lines were quite literally a mirror images (and obviously the talent gap). As much as I love Smitty; they need someone like him with a little more talent and who knows.. maybe Lundkvist doesn't sign and we keep Smith around, while adding another defensive minded defensemen for the right side.

I'm in purgatory as much as the rest of Rangers nation. I'm sure this is the furthest thing from a correct answer and I'm sure i'll be flamed for this response .. but to me they have the offense; they just need to round out the defensive side. If they can do that without selling the farm, hand out the right contracts and save some cap space; they've taken the right steps forward and are ahead of schedule.
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