Big Day for NYR
It’s apparent that Glen Sather has something up his sleeve. What that is only time will tell. For the Rangers, today meant ridding themselves of Scott Gomez and his monster hit on the cap and adding two players they hope are long-term players in Chris Higgins and Ryan McDonagh. Higgins, a three-time goal scorer, and RFA, will be looked at to score goals on the PP and on the PK.
While I’ve only seen a few videos on Ryan McDonagh, the fact is he a young first round pick, drafted two years back. Young depth on defense is never a bad thing. Thrown into a mix with Marc Staal, Dan Girardi, Matt Gilroy, Michael Del Zotto, Bobby Sanguinetti and Michael Sauer gives the Rangers a chance to have a top blueline from start to finish.
These additions seem to be solid ones, but the most important thing to come from today was the Rangers ridding themselves of Scott Gomez and his $7 million + off the cap.
At the end of the day, the biggest question for Ranger fans is ‘what’s next?’ We now know the answer to that question is not ‘Dany Heatley.’ Can get grab Vinny Lecavalier from Tampa? Tortorella’s guy, but maybe still to expensive. Can they sign Marian Hossa and Mike Cammalleri? Is Marian Gaborik someone they will go after? A pair of Sedin’s, anyone?
Tomorrow is going to be very interesting.
Quick thought on Jay Bouwmeester signing with Calgary. Kudos to Sutter for making the trade for his rights, then signing him long-term. Between Bouwmeester, Dion Phaneuf, Robyn Regehr and the recently drafted Tim Erixon, the Flames blueline looks to be a force for years to come.
