[Cap] Space…The Final Frontier
As the cliche goes, things could be worse. If Markus Naslund hadn’t elected to retire, the Rangers would find themselves back in a Salary Cap hole right now. As it is, things are still tight, what with Nikolai Zherdev, Chris Higgins, Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Callahan and Lauri Korpikoski needing to be re-signed.
All that room freed up by the trade of Scott Gomez to Montreal has been undone with the signings of free agents Marian Gaborik and Donald Brashear. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for having the high scoring Slovak on the Rangers’ roster – I’m not even that offended by adding Brashear – but because of past mistakes, you have to wonder whether they were the right moves.