I am concerned that with the Rangers getting close to the cap max, Dawes will become an RFA target. I suspect the Rangers have him budgeted in at the same 1.5-1.6 that Girardi and Prucha got on their first RFA contracts. I could easily see a team giving him an offer similar to what Backus was offered (7.5MM for 3 years) and only having to give up a 2nd round draft choice as compensation.
I am concerned that with the Rangers getting close to the cap max, Dawes will become an RFA target. I suspect the Rangers have him budgeted in at the same 1.5-1.6 that Girardi and Prucha got on their first RFA contracts. I could easily see a team giving him an offer similar to what Backus was offered (7.5MM for 3 years) and only having to give up a 2nd round draft choice as compensation.
I just posted this scenario in anothe r thread here...
This would be a calamity. We've seen a number of other RFAs get deals done over the past couple of days in and amongst the UFAs - let's get him done for 3 years at $1.5 per.
I don't see it. The whole RFA offer sheet thing doesn't sit well with many GMs. It seems that many of the older school GMs (Slats, Burke, Ferguson, Martin, JD, etc.) see the offer sheet as violating some gentleman's agreement. There was some scuttlebutt in one of the blogs yesterday the Gilles in Vancouver burned whatever bridges he had left with the offer sheet to Backes, and need we remind anyone about the verbal thrashing Lowe got across the board last year?
Add to that the Rangers are the nightmare retribution team. We have nearly unlimited resources, and don't particularly draft well, so if you sign one of ours to an offer sheet, you better believe Slats is coming back at you even harder. Maybe not this year, but probably next year.
Prucha got his contract coming off a 30 goal campaign no way does Dawes get that much, i think he'll get around 900k-1.2 per
Disagree - $1.5MM on a one year contract based on last year's numbers would be an overpayment, yes. But we've seen enough to know that if you can get him to take that amount for MULTIPLE years, it's a worthwhile gamble because you could wind up with a 30 goal scorer, with years left on his contract mind you, making a pittance.
I think the Rangers would match that offer but it still puts the team in a tough postion...I don't think it would be a cut and dry choice either. Not with the salary cap situation the team is in..
Right now it SEEMS like the Rangers are counting on Dawes playing for whatever his qualifying offer is anything more can throw a monkey wrench into the teams other "plans"
