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Brooks: Rangers In Interesting Spot If Avery Is Out

by Adam Rotter on September 26th, 2009 at 10:30 am

In today’s, New York Post, Larry Brooks look at the interesting spot Sean Avery‘s injury puts them in.

Avery was injured on Monday in practice but has proclaimed himself ready for this friday’s opener:

“If Sean comes back, another winger will go down,” head coach John Tortorella said following yesterday’s detail-oriented drill session that lasted for more than an hour.

As Brooks notes, it won’t be Enver Lisin, who Tortorella likes:

“The puck follows him, he has excellent offensive instincts, but we have some work to do,” Tortorella said. “He can skate, but he doesn’t have a clue away from the puck, not a clue.

“So we have to teach him. That’s our job as coaches. It’s the coaches’ responsibility to get the other side of the puck down. But there’s an upside there.”

…If Lisin is receptive to the work he must put in away from the puck, his ice-time and upside can only go up.

Those other wingers that could go down would most likely be either Evgeny Grachev or Aaron Voros. Grachev makes close to $1 million while Voros does make $1 million for this season. The problem with sending Voros down is that he has to go through waivers, and a call-up would put his re-entry number at $500,00, which someone could claim and leave the Rangers with $500,000 in dead money.

For more on the salary cap implications of it all, visit the NY Post.
  • http://www.jeffzachowski.com Jeff Zachowski

    I’m not sure what I’m missing here. Grachev goes down. End of problem. Not so interesting, Larry.

  • waynefromwestbury

    I like Lisin too. Lots of skill there. Hey send Voros down. He absolutely stinks. I know he’s been looking better this preseason. But remember last year he started out with a bang. Another one who just about disintegrated from the planet in a short time. Plus have you ever seen a guy pick so many fights and lose every time. If any team is dumb enough to claim him let them have him and good riddance.