Because they have quietly been trying to move a good young Dman in Deangelo and having talks with Lundqvist about moving his cap hit. They are in relatively good shape and nobody can figure out what they are targeting with these moves.
- spatso

Well now you’ve spilled the beans on their secret strategy

How do we know this?
- Fakepartofme

He meant to say Matthews will flash the moon

Well now you’ve spilled the beans on their secret strategy
- Canada Cup

Rangers also get a $6.65 mil Cap charge on Shattenkirk next season. Ouch.

We always need something and the local boy thing worked like once for us in free agency.

I doubt he comes here and I'm not sure we have the room for him.

Plus 8M+ for a 31-year old? We did that JT and not sure how great that's going to look in a couple of years.
- gravyface

Named Captain of his team - CHECK
Since then top 8 among D-men in points last 4 seasons - CHECK
3rd most goals among D-men in last 4 seasons - CHECK
In 8 of the last 9 playoffs - CHECK
Logs huge mins - CHECK
RIGHT SHOT D-MAN - CHECK
One of the best D-men in the game - CHECK
Stanley Cup Ring just last year - CHECK
World Junior Gold - CHECK
World cup of hockey Gold - CHECK
Olympic Gold - CHECK

.......Zdeno Chara wasn't much younger than Pietrangelo is now when he left from Ottawa to Boston. I think it's the greatest free agent signing for any franchise, and it could be for the leafs.

JT has been fantastic.

AP is the real deal and would immediately legitimize this team's d-corps.

8-8.5M? Yes please!
- mjones242

JT was pretty meh last year.

Have there been any quotes as to why we think AP is coming here?

Well now you’ve spilled the beans on their secret strategy
- Canada Cup

Because they have quietly been trying to move a good young Dman in Deangelo and having talks with Lundqvist about moving his cap hit. They are in relatively good shape and nobody can figure out what they are targeting with these moves.
- spatso

riiight...
They've 'quietly' talked with other teams about Tony D for months. And it's not exactly a secret that Henrik is the #3 goalie on the team with a cap hit of 8.5M. You're clearly talking out of your ass, brother

Well now you’ve spilled the beans on their secret strategy
- Canada Cup

Hardly, but it is unusual to see the Rangers trying to create cap space when they are not under any real pressure and they are building a really nice team. They are trying to set something up but nobody knows what their target may be.

Just sign Al. We’ll fill in the details later. That makes zero sense.
- Canada Cup

It sounds like a token offer so the Blues can tell their fans "We made an offer. We tried." But they don't really expect to re-sign Pietrangelo.

riiight...
They've 'quietly' talked with other teams about Tony D for months. And it's not exactly a secret that Henrik is the #3 goalie on the team with a cap hit of 8.5M. You're clearly talking out of your ass, brother
- 21peter

. Why break tradition?

riiight...
They've 'quietly' talked with other teams about Tony D for months. And it's not exactly a secret that Henrik is the #3 goalie on the team with a cap hit of 8.5M. You're clearly talking out of your ass, brother
- 21peter

That is merely stating the obvious that is discussed daily on the Ranger threads. But, I have not seen the Pietrangelo come up in terms of what the Rangers are doing. But, obviously, they are creating the cap space to make a serious play at something.

this guy is a piece of sh!t
- Fakepartofme

You’ve spent much time with him?

JT was pretty meh last year.

Have there been any quotes as to why we think AP is coming here?
- gravyface

Eh... he began the year after recovering from an oblique injury and ended up breaking his finger.

Why would you need "quotes" as evidence that AP is "coming here"? We don't know if he's coming here but there are plenty of reasons to believe Toronto would be aggressively pursing Petro if St. Louis has, indeed, pulled back on negotiations.

That is not to say that other teams like the Rags (shhhh!) or Vegas won't also be pursuing his impressive services, but The Dubas surely must be intrigued by the potential signing?

JT was pretty meh last year.

Have there been any quotes as to why we think AP is coming here?
- gravyface

Missed time with a broken hand and played a bunch of games when he came back early from it, where it was still effecting him, and he was still on pace for 30+ goals.

Someone said the other day that Leafs and Vegas are, or could/should be, the front-runners for Pietrangelo. Besides that, it just makes complete sense. He's exactly what the Leafs need.

Eh... he began the year after recovering from an oblique injury and ended up breaking his finger.

Why would you need "quotes" as evidence that AP is "coming here"? We don't know if he's coming here but there are plenty of reasons to believe Toronto would be aggressively pursing Petro if St. Louis has, indeed, pulled back on negotiations.

That is not to say that other teams like the Rags (shhhh!) or Vegas won't also be pursuing his impressive services, but the Dubas surely must be intrigued by the potential signing?


- mjones242

There is a lot of chatter on Twitter right now suggesting TO is a favourite landing spot for him.

Eh... he began the year after recovering from an oblique injury and ended up breaking his finger.

Why would you need "quotes" as evidence that AP is "coming here"? We don't know if he's coming here but there are plenty of reasons to believe Toronto would be aggressively pursing Petro if St. Louis has, indeed, pulled back on negotiations.

That is not to say that other teams like the Rags (shhhh!) or Vegas won't also be pursuing his impressive services, but the Dubas surely must be intrigued by the potential signing?


- mjones242

Forgot about that. They said it was hampering him all season.

Missed time with a broken hand and played a bunch of games when he came back early from it, where it was still effecting him, and he was still on pace for 30+ goals.

Someone said the other day that Leafs and Vegas are, or could/should be, the front-runners for Pietrangelo. Besides that, it just makes complete sense. He's exactly what the Leafs need.
- GreatGigInTheSky

What we need is never really a reason why a player would decide to come here though. Lots of teams need a 1D.

It sounds like a token offer so the Blues can tell their fans "We made an offer. We tried." But they don't really expect to re-sign Pietrangelo.
- gergeswillems

I can’t believe this idea that we won’t tell you the structure

Forgot about that. They said it was hampering him all season.
- GreatGigInTheSky

Sounds about right. His hand and that nagging oblique would definitely explain his, relatively speaking, under-whelming numbers.

Snake will hopefully bounce back this season!

I can’t believe this idea that we won’t tell you the structure
- Canada Cup

Yeah that's clearly made up.

There is a lot of chatter on Twitter right now suggesting TO is a favourite landing spot for him.
- gravyface

See?

You’ve spent much time with him?
- drexel

And the average IQ of the room drops 10 points. Never met Hitler but I’ve got views on him as well

See?
- mjones242

Twitter, you say?

Sounds about right. His hand and that nagging oblique would definitely explain his, relatively speaking, under-whelming numbers.

Snake will hopefully bounce back this season!
- mjones242

I really doubt he just fell off a cliff after the 47 goal 88 point season.

Moving him out of net front on the PP cost him some points and was a mistake imo because he was deadly there.

And the average IQ of the room drops 10 points. Never met Hitler but I’ve got views on him as well
- Canada Cup

10?