what gives?
Salary I think. Hagelin already made more and is an RFA.
Yup, it's for salary. Damnit, I really liked watching Hags on my Rangers.
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Had to be done. Was a cap casualty. Although an RFA, negotiations were going nowhere. Plus, he was garbage in in the playoffs. As a Rangers fan, I'm only slightly upset he's gone. Etem will fill his role on the third line for half the cost and more offensive skill but much less speed.
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A great 5 minutes for NYR haters...Hagelin goes for nothing and Talbot (whom people were claiming would be traded for a 1st rounder or Yakupov) goes for 3 middling picks.
And oh yeah, they don't have a first rounder next year either because of the Yandle trade.
I don't hate either move. Sather already flipped the picks in the talbot trade for more. Both players were 100% gone after this season. Ranger haters find a way to hate or complain about any move the team makes. They've been pretty good the last 4-5 years without winning a cup.
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Talbot always played well, though he surely won't have the same defensive support in Edmonton
A 2nd and a 3rd are not middling picks for a backup goalie. The Lehner deal to Buffao was an outlier. Etem isn't nothing. Hagelin is obviously the better player, but if Etem puts it togeather his ceiling is much higher.
Fuuuuuuuuuuzzzzz
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Why is Anaheim your least favorite team?
They have Perry and Kesler, which should be enough for anyone.
Livonia, MI native. Plus Cam Fowler from my hometown, Farm Hills. Ducks aren't so bad.
Yeah, Kesler's a Michigan native, but went to OSU and rooted for them originally to be a spiteful dick to his friends, who were M fans. Dude is an asshole.
I went to HS with Kessler. Biggest cocksucker I have ever met in my life.
I posted that JT Compher was traded from buffalo along with their 1st round pick from 2012 to my Avs for Ryan O'Reilly and co earlier today.
That trade was yesterday. Was mentioned inthe draft thread
Now I can resume hating the Rangers completely!
I hate the Ducks...but I hate the Pens and Hawks 100000000x more.
And the Rangers turn around and get Anit Raanta from Chicago for a minor prospect.