Rangers at the World Championships Notes:
Derick Brassard and Team Canada Capture Gold at World Championships, Brady Skjei and Team USA lose Bronze Medal Game
A day after scoring the tying goal for Canada vs Team USA, Brassard and Canada defeated Finland to Win the Gold Medal at the IIHF Men's World Championships in Moscow. Brassard finished the tournament with 11 points (5 goals and 6 assists).
Brady Skjei and Team USA fell to Russia 7-2 in the bronze Medal Game. A rough outing for Skjei who was on the ice for 3 of Russia goals and was a minus 2 in 17:12 of game time. Skjei finished the tournament with 1 goal, 0 assists and was a minus 3 with 10 shots on goal averaging close to 18 minutes per game.
RANGERS RUMORS:
As usual Rick Nash is once again in the forefront of the off season rumors. With a list of 12 teams that he can be dealt to, it's speculated the the Rangers will look to dump Nash and his cap hit of 7.8 million per year. The St Louis Blues have been mentioned as a destination for Nash numerous times due to his past with head coach Ken Hitchcock.
With Nash possibly being moved TSN speculates that the Rangers may join in on the bidding war for Tampa Bay Lightning's pending UFA Steven Stamkos. But unless the Rangers make the cap space by trading Nash or by other means along with numerous teams who will be joining the bidding war for the 26 year old Stamkos it looks like a long shot at best.
Defenseman Dan Girardi has once again been mentioned as a choice for the Rangers as a buyout this summer. Girardi has four-years remaining on his contract, a cap hit of 5.5 million per season and a no-move clause this season (2016-17) which turns into a limited no-trade clause for the final three-years, starting in 2017-18 looks to possibly be the option for a buyout by the Rangers. If the Rangers do use that option the Rangers would be charged with a dead space cap hit of the following: 2016-17: $1.75 million, 2017-18: $2.75 million, 2018-19: $3.75 million, 2019-20: $3.75 million, 2020-21: $1.25 million, 2021-22: $1.25 million, 2022-23: $1.25 million and finally 2023-24: $1.25 million
Today in NYR History May 23
2013: The Rangers live to play another day following Chris Kreider's overtime winner over Boston in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
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