The New York Rangers should make selections on three RFAs
Ethan Sears of The NY Submit: The New York Rangers should make selections on RFAs Ryan Lindgren, Kaapo Kakko and Braden Schneider. They might have to make some strikes to slot in their contracts.
Lindgren will likely be in search of a pleasant elevate from his $3 million. Re-signing him ought to be their second precedence behind an Igor Shesterkin extension.
Supply sheets are uncommon. If the Rangers don’t get wherever with contract talks with Lindgren’s camp, they may look to commerce his rights. He would land them a pleasant return.
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A Schneider extension may are available round $3 million.
Kakko received’t be a simple case. He was scratched for a sport within the Convention Finals. Is there a match with the Rangers? They might avoid wasting cash and commerce his rights.
Might see their UFAs not returning subsequent yr – Jack Roslovic, Alexander Wennberg, Blake Wheeler, Erik Gustafsson and Chad Ruhwedel. If they may work out a short-term deal, they could attempt to re-sign Gustafsson.
How for much longer will Trevor Zegras be enjoying for the Anaheim Geese?
Day by day Faceoff: Frank Seravalli on how Trevor Zegras’ days with the Anaheim Geese may very well be numbered.
“There’s been lots of ache factors for Trevor Zegras to date on his finish. He was injured final yr. He was floor down on the RFA negotiations. his finest pal was traded. He was pressured to, one of many gamers pressured to work out in Florida below workforce management, which finally earned the geese a $50,000 superb.
After which on the opposite finish, we’ve heard, you talked about not glowing. Like Pat Verbeek, I believe has actual, he’s not gonna say it publicly. I believe internally, the discuss has been that they’ve actual reservations as as to whether or not he can add extra dimensions to his sport.
Is he a proficient, artistic offensive power? Sure. Are there different issues that he wants so as to add to his sport? Sure.
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And when you’ve gotten, you understand, a bunch of younger burgeoning prospects, the necessity to try to power a sq. peg right into a spherical gap if that’s the way you view him, isn’t actually there.”
