Huh, I guess Smits signed his ELC today. I'd prefer to keep him in Hartford for the whole year. Give him 20+ minutes a night and let him work out the kinks with minimal pressure.
The vibes around the Mets can be summed up by having a "camo trucker hat" giveaway. Who in Queens, NY, is the target audience for this giveaway?
According to Puckpedia, Anaheim has $17.13mil in available cap space right. Diabolical move from Briere.
The Rangers potentially adding Marcus Pettersson could be a nice little upgrade if either of Borgen or Schneider are involved.
You would think the Rangers checked their right-winger box when they brought it J.T. Miller and Vincent Trocheck.
The Rangers' roster right now is quite odd. According to @puckpedia.com, they still have about $7.8mil in cap space with a pretty full roster already. Gotta imagine there's still a trade or two ready to go to provide some flexibility to the roster (and hopefully improve it).
Bowen Byram makes almost $3mil more than Adam Fox and that is very, very funny
This note, from Vince's piece in the Athletic about the Dorofeyev trade (www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...), is a rather fascinating tidbit.
Another guy I can be convinced to bring in is Boone Jenner. He doesn't score a whole hell of a lot but stuff definitely happens when he is on the ice
I really hope Nikishin stays in Carolina. If Carolina is trading a defenseman, considering what they've done to the Rangers in past, maybe don't answer the phone.
He's become an offensive black hole but could fit on the bottom 6 if they didn't have so many guys down there.
I have a weird possible solution to the Rangers' top-six quandry: Claude Giroux. He's definitely older and won't bring the speed that he used to but he's still got plenty of skill and could be a decent short-term option behind Zibanejad.
Matthew Knies is apparently available from Toronto and he definitely fits the profile of a Chris Drury Guy (Big, American, Went to College). I think there's a good player there and I would be intrigued if I trusted the Rangers' PD staff.
