It Makes Some Sort Of Cents
How would you feel if the Rangers traded 22 year old Filip Chytil? What about if former second overall pick Kaapo Kakko was traded? What if they both get traded? Because that could be very well where we’re heading this Summer as the Rangers look to compete for the Cup now, and do so with little Salary Cap room in which to operate.
It’s driven by the commitments handed out last year to Igor Shesterkin ($5.7M), Mika Zibanejad ($8.5M) and Adam Fox ($9.5M), which were all significant increases over their previous contracts. In addition Chris Drury gave out $3.6M to Barclay Goodrow, $2.5M to Patrik Nemeth and $1.75M to Ryan Reaves. Those decisions when added to already substantial commitments to Chris Kreider, Jacob Trouba and Artemi Panarin – a combined $26.1M – coupled with a bunch of No Move Clauses, mean Drury has very little flexibility this year and next.