My birthday was on Sunday but I got my best gift today. Scott Gomez, the ringleader of the Skating Judases, is no longer a New York Ranger. And, while that in and of itself should be enough, it’s sooo much better then that. Not only is his smirking face gone, so is his ponderous contract. And, best of all, we get Christopher Higgins and their 2007 first round draft pick, Ryan McDonagh, back the other way from Montreal.
What the ramifications may be of having $7 million dollars more in cap space for tomorrow’s free agent free for all is anyone’s guess. Apparently, Ottawa isn’t going to move Dany Heatley before midnight to the Rangers. Sather, upon announcing the Gomez to Montreal deal, said he was done for the day. Time for a well deserved cigar.
All the qualifying offers Sather intended to make seem to have been made. How much money he’s spent is not known. How much cap space remains to sign a Gaborik or a Hossa or any other available free agents is also not known. What I do know is that Sather probably isn’t finished yet with the wheeling and the dealing.
Don’t get me wrong. I still think Sather needs to retire. But today, you done a good thing Glen, a real good thing. You wished Gomer into the cornfield and now he’s gone.Â
Maybe Sather still has something left in the GM tank after all. Perhaps, after this deal, it’s Bob Gainey who is suffering from GM senile dementia. Say what you want about him but Sather is never boring. I can’t wait for noon tomorrow.
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This post was written by m hurley on June 30, 2009
I think you are absolutely right that Sather made the right decision for the first time in a few years except for bringing back Avery. The bottom line is that we want the cup, but we need a scorer, we lost Naslund and Antropov, and we need a good scorer alongside with Higgins and Gaborik (because Drury doesnt score much)…what do you say to that…who should we sign?
Dear Silveird,
I don’t think we have much money left after throwing Gomez’ money at Gaborik. I would have liked to have gotten the other Slovak but I guess Marian Hossa views Chicago as closer to the Cup. Pretty ungrateful, considering the Rangers did everything they could (unsuccessfully) to make his little brother into an NHLer.
They need a better first line center to play with Gabby. Maybe Sather is banking on Higgins, Drury, Dubinsky or even Anisimov fitting into that slot and finding chemistry with Gabby.
Ps. At this point in Time the Rangers are as far away from a Cup as I am of wearing a bikini. Haven’t you heard, we’re rebuilding. I just hope the rebuild is over before Lundqvist is eligible for Social Security.