Blake Wheeler took less to come to New York on a one-year, over-35 deal for an $800,000 cap hit plus a potential bonus package of up to $300,000.
Every year, it appears, important free agents sign up to take less to play in Tampa Bay, who take less to play in Toronto. All but never, it seems, are players willing to do that in order to join the Rangers, no matter how deeply they genuflect upon slipping into the Original Six jersey …
Lo and behold, enter Blake Wheeler, a free agent for the first time in his 15-year career following Winnipeg’s buyout of the final season of a five-year contract worth $8.25 million per. The winger — who posted 55 points — had multiple offers for multi-year deals.on a one-year, over-35 deal for an $800,000 cap hit plus a potential bonus package of up to $300,000.
Why, yes, sources tell us, that is exactly what New Jersey is doing as they weigh whether the Vitek Vanecek-Akira Schmid tandem can get them to the promised land coming out of a division that features Igor Shesterkin and Ilya Sorokin in a league in which Adin Hill’s team won the Cup. Guaranteed to happen: Julien Gauthier leading the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in high-danger scoring chances.Rangers’ top picks rave about assistant coach’s development skills: ‘Keep getting better’
It is not as if Tarasenko indicated that he would play Broadway for an extreme discount on a one-year deal, and why would he? There was — or should not have been — any confusion about the Rangers’ direction.
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