- rangerdanger94

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New York Rangers@NYRangers
OFFICIAL: #NYR have acquired defenseman Nick Ebert and a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for forward Vladislav Namestnikov.

Noice!


*Rangers retained 18.75% of Namestnikov salary. (750k)

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- mdw7413

How’s life man?

How’s life man?
- rangerdanger94

Busy.

You?

Its the move we were all hoping for before the season kicked off to make cap space

Its the move we were all hoping for before the season kicked off to make cap space
- aecliptic

Still makes cap space and also makes line up space!

damn I am going to miss saying Nam on here

Still makes cap space and also makes line up space!
- Tonybere

Obviously we'll take it, but it sucks that the pick is 2021, not 2020.

New blog on Namestnikov trade posted

I am thoroughly confused by the timing of this trade. It creates so many questions...

This was a move that many here ( including myself ) thought would be made this past off-season to shed salary and clear a roster spot for one of our youngsters. Had we made this move during the past summer, perhaps we don't have to buyout Shatty. Yet we invest all of the time in training camp and now we trade him after only 2 games? Very curious...

Was Ottawa unwilling to make this deal until now? They saw him play the other night and concluded: hey---- we gotta get this guy?

Do we now call up Kravtsov to replace him ---- is this why he was scratched this weekend?

If I am Tony D'Angelo, I am pissed because the Rangers could have signed him with some of the newly created cap space to a better, more lucrative deal.

As many of you know, I am a HUGE fan of Gorton. However, why not try and get a draft pick in the upcoming 2020 draft? I will give him the benefit of the doubt for now, but this is a real head scratcher to me...