Schultz has less than 2 months to make his decision. Plenty of time. Their last final day is May 19. Schultz could have told the school about his plans to leave school already. Unless you have a source within Wisconsin nobody will know.
I guess we can agree to disagree on that. Athletes choose to go or not go to teams all the times for just this very reason. Once again I'm not saying he would look at our roster and say "there's no way I can crack that lineup"...but I am saying he would be foolish if he didn't consider what stands in his way before making his decision.
I guess we can agree to disagree on that. Athletes choose to go or not go to teams all the times for just this very reason. Once again I'm not saying he would look at our roster and say "there's no way I can crack that lineup"...but I am saying he would be foolish if he didn't consider what stands in his way before making his decision.
I'm agreeing both bobbop and BB; blue chippers know they can play anywhere; that's partly what makes them blue chippers. I also guarantee Shultz will be in commo w/McD and Stepan and finding out the pros and cons of playing in NYC and what its like to be a NYR; he will find out what its like to play for Torts and he will get a 1st hand scouting report on who he has to beat out. with 2 possible spots open he should be very confident he can fill one of them.
Mike Eaves: Justin is quiet to begin with. Because of that fact, he keeps his cards pretty close to his chest. The fact that he hasn’t signed indicates that he’s probably not going to sign with Anaheim. I guess if he was going to go he would’ve gone. I think that what he’s doing is he’s using that rule that he can become a free agent. I think he’s going to play that card — that’s my own thought process based on the fact that he didn’t sign right away. We don’t see the guys quite as much any more, but the one comment that he says is ‘it’s really complicated.’ So he’s keeping things really close, but I’m pretty sure we’re not going to have Justin back next year.
He is going to be a free agent. Eaves answered another question about Schultz staying in school because there may be a lockout. The CBA expires 9/15 and Schultz can become a free agent on 6/1. 24 underclassmen have signed NHL SPCs since their seasons ended. They aren't worried about a lockout.
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KE: When’s the last time that you’ve had a defenseman like him?
ME: Well, we’ve had some awfully good young defensemen here in terms of point production. Jamie McBain comes to mind right away. Jake Gardiner was the same type of skill, maybe didn’t put up the points that Justin had. I think Brendan Smith was a guy that had a magic shot like Justin. Justin, his ability to quarterback the power play and get his shot through either with his velocity, his accuracy or he has the ability to take a little bit off of it, what we call a smart shot, that is the right shot at the right time. So we’ve had some really talented people in that aspect, but I think this year his ability to control the game and all aspects with and without the puck may have separated him a little bit, and the fact that he has that unbelievable work ethic and competitiveness that goes along with that skill: That makes him special
Rangers already have a deep farm system in terms of D (counting the kids already on the team)..
Start with Staal - Girardi - McDonagh - MDZ - Sauer (if he plays again, he's a sure fire 2nd pair D) - Erixon - McIlrath
That's 7 right now. Schultz would give us 8. That would be solid. These kids will be cost controlled for a few years, and the guys we have under contract at the moment, Staal, Girardi, etc are under very cap friendly contracts. Having assets is ALWAYS a good thing. Rangers have more than enough to pull the trigger on a big deal should they want to.
I liken his offensive game to Mike Green in Washington. Smooth, intelligent, and has a wrist shot that's perhaps even more effective than his slapper. Add in top-notch defensive awareness and gap control, and you've got the makings of a very special player.
Add Schultz and really it becomes an embarrassment of riches in terms of young dmen.
yep, i would seriously consider moving staal for yakupov this deadline. and im a big time fan of staal. but youd have a young potential star in the making with a very friendly contract, allowing the team to improve elsewhere, and to have more than enough money to re-sign all our kids.
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Rangers already have a deep farm system in terms of D (counting the kids already on the team)..
Start with Staal - Girardi - McDonagh - MDZ - Sauer (if he plays again, he's a sure fire 2nd pair D) - Erixon - McIlrath
That's 7 right now. Schultz would give us 8. That would be solid. These kids will be cost controlled for a few years, and the guys we have under contract at the moment, Staal, Girardi, etc are under very cap friendly contracts. Having assets is ALWAYS a good thing. Rangers have more than enough to pull the trigger on a big deal should they want to.
our blueline is already deep...but a righthanded, puck moving, offensive dman is something that we lack. so schultz does potentially add a dimension to our blueline that we don't have
They'd never trade Yakupov for Staal. And I really like Staal.
But Schultz fills the 3rd RD spot more, with McIlrath later pushing.
Left side we have Staal, MCD, Del Zotto, and Erixon. Conventional wisdom would say at some point one has to go.
How about Staal, Dubinsky, and our 1st? Overpayment perhaps? It gives Edmonton a top pairing d-man, and they can use Dubinsky for their center depth. It also frees up cap space to possibly do something else. Renney knows them both well too, if he's still the coach
How about Staal, Dubinsky, and our 1st? Overpayment perhaps? It gives Edmonton a top pairing d-man, and they can use Dubinsky for their center depth. It also frees up cap space to possibly do something else. Renney knows them both well too, if he's still the coach
Not to completely derail the thread, but with the amount of cap space we'd get from that, and an 18 year old NHL ready future star in Yakupov I probably would make the deal.
Not to completely derail the thread, but with the amount of cap space we'd get from that, and an 18 year old NHL ready future star in Yakupov I probably would make the deal.
Getting this kid would essentially be filling the role that Sanguinetti was supposed to when he was drafted. Like Kovy said above, this is really the only I want to see the Rangers make this off-season.
Getting this kid would essentially be filling the role that Sanguinetti was supposed to when he was drafted. Like Kovy said above, this is really the only I want to see the Rangers make this off-season.
If we sign him, we can move some D for Booooooooby Ryan.
The Ducks had exit meetings with their players. It looks like Ryan won't be traded.
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Asked if he believes that he will be with the Ducks when camp opens in September, Ryan said, “I do. I hope so.”
“Things change obviously,” he continued. ”I haven’t been given any direction as to why I wouldn’t. As far as I’m concerned, I’m going away for the summer and coming back a Duck.”
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“Obviously we fell short of the goal,” Ryan said. ”Repercussions or things come with that. I’m not too worried about it. I think we did OK down the stretch. We made a run at it. We threw everything we had at [teams] through January and Feburary. Came up short and didn’t quite to get to where we needed to be.
“I think after my conversations with everybody, I can enter the summer a little more secure than I was throughout the year is the best way to put it.”
