Comments on: Kovi Price Just Too Steep

By: Mikeyyyy

Mikeyyyy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:43:04 +0000

Like I said after seeing the trade to the Debbies…bs.

No way waddell asked for what he did of the rangers and get such a small amount from the devils. what they got would be like asking for Lisin, Weise, Girardi, Sanguinetti and a first round draft pick.

So I stand by it, BS from Brooksie.

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:20:47 +0000

I do that deal if they take either a top Draft pick or a top prospect, not both, and if they substitute a top defensive prospect in the place of either Staal or Del Zotto, i.e. Sanguinetti, or McDonough. You have to try to get one of the elite players in the league. Plus, Dubinsky and Callahan are not going to be much more than they are now. Even if they turn into 30 Goal scorers, Kovalchuk is still better than they are or will be. All this is provided they can sign him, if they can’t then I dont even make an offer.

By: NNNMMM

NNNMMM — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:28:55 +0000

Trade them all for Kovalchuk. But keep Gaborik and Lundqvist.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:05:08 +0000

Rangers have enough cap room to take on the equivalent of $1.2 million in full season salary. The difference here is $900k. Numbers work. Players don’t.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:31:33 +0000

Or the numbers work, according to Dave, who knows more about the cap as evidenced by his Understanding The Cap writeup than I’ll ever know.

Either way, too steep, haha.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:30:09 +0000

Well it’s not necessarily bs.

The deal obviously is a no-go for the reported price both because it’s way too steep a price and because the numbers don’t work.

But it’s not total bs because it is likely to be Waddell’s starting point for discussion. Just like Sather’s is probably something like “Gilroy, Rozsival, Lisin and 1st Rounder”.

For Kovi you’re talking atleast a $9 mil salary over the next half decade. That alone is a huge price, especially when you have Drury, Redden, and Rozsival on this team. Add to that 2 young solid players, a prospect and a pick, that’s insane for the Rangers. But some other team may be willing to make such a deal.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:21:53 +0000

Pro-rated cap hits, not full cap hits. It works.

By: mikeyyyyy

mikeyyyyy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:02:42 +0000

I call BS on the whole story…cap doesn’t even work with that.

Kovy is 6.4 cap hit.
Dubinsky 1.8
Callahan 2.3
DelZotto 1.0
Staal .8

According to nhl numbers we don’t have that much cap left.

By: NYRJurgen88

NYRJurgen88 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:11:10 +0000

fair play. Waddell is a mental case. He wants one of two of the better young defencemen in the league, one of two very good youn roster players, one of two top end prospects and a potential top 15 draft pick? im pretty sure he’s either nuts or pricing Kovy out of certain markets. Considering Atlanta are still in the playoff hunt its in DW’s interest that IF (when) Kovy gets moved he goes west.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:40:02 +0000

Waddell must be insane to ask for that without letting teams negotiate extensions….