Thursday, March 27, 2008

Rangers Still Trying to Get Cherepanov Here

Over at The Blueshirts Blog, John Dellapina reports on rumors that Avangard-Omsk new GM Anatoly Bardin will be flying to New York on Sunday to speak with Jaromir Jagr about a return to the team. However, Dellapina feels Bardin will be in New York for another reason...

...it is less difficult to believe that Bardin will meet with Glen Sather regarding another Omsk-Rangers player: Alexei Cherepanov...

Cherepanov’s New York-based agent Jay Grossman told the Daily News that he has no plans to meet with Bardin this weekend but that “we’ve had conversations about Cherepanov since the day the Rangers drafted him. That’s a fluid process.”

Asked about his assertion at the draft that an agreement was in place to enable Cherepanov to leave Omsk before his contract ended, Grossman said: “I did say that and that was accurate at the time.”

...too concerned about the Rangers making the playoffs this year to worry about Cherepanov. But I figured I should pass this along.

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