Rangers Buyout Wade Redden
It actually happened! In a move that Eric and I had been calling for since October, Glen Sather has admitted his mistake and simply cut the chord. This move will open up $6.5 million in cap space in each of the next 5 years and allow the Rangers to not only re-sign some of their free agents this summer, but possibly get in on another big name as well (Gaborik? Hossa? Kovalchuk in 2010?).
Said Sather: “It just wasn’t the right fit here with respect to Wade. He’s a good man and I think he can still contribute a lot to another club, but with the way our cap situation was setting up, we felt that this was a necessary move.”
When asked about why the Rangers made the move now instead of at the end of the season Sather responded by saying, “We’re very comfortable with where some of our younger defenseman our in their development. We need a bit of a kickstart to our power play and feel that a player like Bobby Sanguinetti could do just that.”
Although there has been no official call-up, it’s safe to assume by that last comment that Sangs will be called up any moment now. Sather also added that the team felt that Rozsival wasn’t far away and that made them more comfortable with making a move right now.
For the complete transcript of the Glen Sather conference call, click on this link. It’s a fascinating read and something you all should take a look at.
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Sara B April 1st at 5:17 pm
haha good one. before getting to the link, “admitted his mistake” tipped me off.
Brendan K April 1st at 5:58 pm
I never believe any news i hear on april 1st
adampasz April 1st at 6:42 pm
Arg! You guys had me going. The story is 100% plausible.
Gabbi R. April 1st at 7:23 pm
That’s not funny.
I nearly broke my computer by jumping up in exitement, started my victory dance. Then I realized something was wrong: Slats never admits to his mistakes.
I was already told by my english teacher that we were supposed to come in friday of next week (which is our spring break) only to have been told it was another April Fools joke. Only other prank was my friend Brent put soap on our friend Dan’s chair in homeroom (we have it in the HomeEc room).
There is only one good thing about this day… it means my birthday is in ten days!
Greg R April 1st at 7:30 pm
I didn’t click the link at first. So I ran down the hall to my buddies room (I’m at school) and started celebrating, then I came back to my room and started telling all of my friends I could find online… only to have my buddy from down the hall come into my room 15 minutes later to tell me to read the link.
AWESOME prank.
Gary April 1st at 8:28 pm
Steve, why do you get my hopes up… plus you guys are late at the posting game… See Carp’s Rangers Report at least it came at the right time.
I am starting to hate April 1st.
Inferno April 1st at 9:30 pm
I hate April fools jokes.
John M April 1st at 10:14 pm
i fell for carps sadly lol…but this one not so much..
Inferno April 1st at 10:45 pm
The sad thing is, I knew it was an April fools joke because they didnt have the facts right
First and foremost, you can only have buyouts from June 15 to June 30th, thats the only window to do it. Secondly his entire contract would not come off the books…2/3rds of his remaining salary spread out over twice the years left is what we would be cap hit at. Someone else can do the math.
It pays to know useless information like 85% of the CBA by heart.
lol
Gary April 2nd at 6:27 am
I just hope that the guys will update their post to have the term “April Fools” or some other indicator that his is a joke and not fact. For people to realize the post is not news.
Plebeian April 2nd at 9:07 am
Shame…on…you
I hope you both fall into a meat grinder
adampasz April 2nd at 6:40 pm
The best part is the way you added the bit about Rozsival at the end, which made the report seem legit.