Ken Holland on his future
Sportsnet: Edmonton Oilers GM Ken Holland stated that he plans on honoring the remaining yr of his contract.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“Well, I’ve acquired a yr to go on my contract. For me, it’s unfinished enterprise. I plan to honor my contract. Beyond that, , at this stage of my life I don’t put money into inexperienced bananas. Not certain if I’m going to be round lengthy sufficient to be ripe and to be yellow.
NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers: Ken Holland, Steve Staios, Evan Bouchard and Philip Broberg
But definitely, I’ve acquired, I crack the joke however I really feel, and you’d be the man (factors to the man who asks the query???) since yr one which I used to be right here, you’d say, ‘when are you going to trade a first-round’ choose? When are you going to commerce a first-round choose?’ and I’d commerce a first-round choose once I believed that we’re there. And clearly I traded two first-round picks at the deadline to herald (Mattias) Ekholm. I imagine the time is now. I imagine we’ve a extremely good workforce. I imagine there a lot of actually good groups round National Hockey League. We’re not the solely good workforce round the National Hockey League.”
The New York Rangers don’t have some huge cash to work with to re-sign RFAs, a backup goalie, and perhaps discover a proper winger
Arthur Staple of The Athletic: (mailbag) Pending New York Rangers RFAs Ok’Andre Miller and Alexis Lafreniere may doubtless be one or two-year bridge offers.
Can’t see the Rangers packaging Lafreniere with Barclay Goodrow simply to maneuver out Goodrow’s contract, except they acquired an excellent piece again. Trading Goodrow is principally a wage dump, so the return doubtless wouldn’t be nice. Trading Lafreniere is dangerous.
Maybe it could take a second or third-round choose to maneuver Goodrow’s contract.
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If the Rangers are capable of finding an affordable backup goaltender and are capable of capable of re-sign Miller and Lafreniere to brief, cheaper offers, they may have room for a proper winger. Potential free brokers who would possibly are available the $3-4 million vary embrace Connor Brown, Tomas Tatar and Alexander Kerfoot.
Defenseman Ryan Lindgren will doubtless play out the remaining yr of his contract and the Rangers will see the place they’re with the cap after subsequent season.
