Yeah taking on $8 million a year of that cap headache is just pure insanity...the Rangers must be laughing at their good fortune. I bet the next shoe to drop is Igor signing that massive new extension so they can put that distraction behind them too.
Well, he just proved something.
Pat Verbeek was one of my favorite Whalers back in the day and his elbows were plenty sharp when HE played, so he probably appreciates Trouba as the true elbow throwing king of today's NHL. They can pair up Trouba with Gudas and have that pair thug it up every shift.
I guess that would be true if they are spending near the cap, which they are not. They've got almost $21 million in cap space with Trouba on their books and they have no big name UFAs to re-sign before Trouba's deal is done at the end of next year.
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I know he is damn good but every time I see an 8 year deal on a goalie I just cringe.And there it is...Rangers and Shesterkin agree to an 8-year extension at an AAV of $11.5 million, per ESPN.
Rangers' Shesterkin inks 8-year, $92M extension
The Rangers have signed Igor Shesterkin an eight-year extension with an $11.5 million AAV that makes him the highest-paid goalie in NHL history.www.espn.com
Verbeek is letting his young talent just hang around hoping things will get better eventually while he brings in guys like Gudas and Trouba to sell tickets to WWE fans. Real clown show stuff in Orange County.
Mostly Drury proved that he could find another GM dumber than him. Two actually, since apparently Waddell had a deal for Trouba agreed with the Rangers, but the player shot it down because he didn't want to play in Columbus. I mean, it's the NHL after all. Finding a dimwit in a front office is hardly a challenge.
Fair assesments from Lazerus there, but sentances like this one make me think he doesn't really see the place where the problem started eitherFor those with subscriptions to The Athletic, Mark Lazerus rips the Blackhawks organization a new one in this piece...
Luke Richardson’s firing won’t stop the Blackhawks’ slow slide into irrelevance
The Blackhawks are unwatchable these days, and not just because of their poor play. Things aren't likely to get better soon.
They can flip him for 50% retained for a lot more than the 4th they gave up to a playoff team come the trade deadline; that's why they did it I think. If they can turn $4M into an actual decent player they win that won.
I can confirm that autocorrect is not my friend, either.
We always felt Radko had a stink to him with all those filthy hits so why not cheese for Goudas!!!
I'll blame autocorrect ... he's funnier than I am anyway
...and for those wondering and/or unaware, Nikolai is the son of Canes legend Andrei "The Tank" Kovalenko, who scored the first goal ever in the Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena.
