Comments on: Nikolai Zherdev and the New York Rangers: A Wasted Asset http://illegalcurve.com/2009/08/04/nikolai-zherdev-and-the-new-york-rangers-a-wasted-asset/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nikolai-zherdev-and-the-new-york-rangers-a-wasted-asset The Illegal Curve Hockey Show provides the most comprehensive coverage of the hockey world. 9AM CST Saturdays on Sports Radio 1290 Winnipeg. Podcast available after on iTunes. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: pemoco http://illegalcurve.com/2009/08/04/nikolai-zherdev-and-the-new-york-rangers-a-wasted-asset/comment-page-1/#comment-2517 pemoco Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:36:00 +0000 http://www.illegalcurve.com/?p=16102#comment-2517 Looking at Glen Sather’s body of work, he willingly went along with numerous deals that defy logic. Was $3.9 million for Zherdev? I don’t think so, but I understanding the position of those who disagree with me. However, when you look at the contracts handed out to Rozsival, Redden, Drury, Gomez – and even more modest examples of Brashear, Kotalik, Rissmiller, Votos, etc. – then this move is the exception, not the rule.

Suddenly Sather is a shining beacon of common sense in the salary cap era? Why does the NY media put a positive spin on walking away from Zherdev for no return as some sort of example of fiscal common sense? The risk-reward of keeping Zherdev, the team’s leading scorer, for one more season – this one with a coach who will actually practice the powerplay – makes the deal the Rangers have walked away from far more attractive than the ones listed above that have put the team in cap hell.

Please, someone, make this man retire.

]]> By: Richard http://illegalcurve.com/2009/08/04/nikolai-zherdev-and-the-new-york-rangers-a-wasted-asset/comment-page-1/#comment-2515 Richard Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:07:41 +0000 http://www.illegalcurve.com/?p=16102#comment-2515 Not saying I would have signed Kotalik to that 3-year, $9 million contract but I can at least understand it somewhat. The Brashear contract I just do not understand. They gave him $1.4 million a year, for two years. Why? I don’t understand. Especially in light of the above decision.

]]> By: pemoco http://illegalcurve.com/2009/08/04/nikolai-zherdev-and-the-new-york-rangers-a-wasted-asset/comment-page-1/#comment-2511 pemoco Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:06:07 +0000 http://www.illegalcurve.com/?p=16102#comment-2511 How does Sather still have a job? Clearly a candidate for the worst tenure by a sports executive ever. 2 playoff series wins in 10 years? On his 5th coach? Stuck in cap hell for the forseeable future? Good times!! Someone want to ask him how he’s going to sign Higgins, Dubinsky, Girardi and Staal with basically no money coming off the cap? No worries, Kotalik and Brashear will be under contract….

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