Comments on: Dawes Coming Back http://www.nyrangerscast.com/blog/2008/07/16/dawes-coming-back/ Two die-hard NY Rangers fans host a popular fan-based podcast and accompanying blog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:32:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.nyrangerscast.com/blog/2008/07/16/dawes-coming-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1783 Michael Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:48:38 +0000 http://www.nyrangerscast.com/?p=179#comment-1783 It's comparable to what you're seeing in baseball with up-and-coming stars, like Tulowitzki, Longoria, and Ramirez. Teams are willing to take a hit in the short term to lock up their players long term and not have to pay them as much as they'd have to if they were trying to re-sign them as unrestricted free agents. You're right, it's a good deal for both parties, and I think Dawes knows the Rangers will likely make a better offer during the year. It’s comparable to what you’re seeing in baseball with up-and-coming stars, like Tulowitzki, Longoria, and Ramirez. Teams are willing to take a hit in the short term to lock up their players long term and not have to pay them as much as they’d have to if they were trying to re-sign them as unrestricted free agents.

You’re right, it’s a good deal for both parties, and I think Dawes knows the Rangers will likely make a better offer during the year.

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But I really think the Rangers are setting themselves up nicely with this contract.

By paying him less now, they can get away with a mid-season extension of say 4 years 11 million because the pay raise would be so high, even though in actuality it’s not a lot at all.

]]> By: Michael http://www.nyrangerscast.com/blog/2008/07/16/dawes-coming-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1781 Michael Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:50:35 +0000 http://www.nyrangerscast.com/?p=179#comment-1781 Let's just anoint "Nigel" as the next Gretzky haha.. Only giving you a hard time, Eric. I think is a bargain for the Rangers, but as you said, if he does what he's capable of doing, they'll be paying him a lot more money in years to come. Let’s just anoint “Nigel” as the next Gretzky haha..

Only giving you a hard time, Eric. I think is a bargain for the Rangers, but as you said, if he does what he’s capable of doing, they’ll be paying him a lot more money in years to come.

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