Jim Matheson at the Edmonton Journal reports that the Rangers are currently searching the league for a back-up goaltender.The Philadelphia Flyers, who lost starting goaltender Ray Emery for an extended period due to injury, have been gobbling up netminders as they brought former Lightning goalie John Grahame back over from the KHL and claimed Michael Leighton from the Hurricanes.
TSN is also reporting that the Canadiens have offered goaltender Jaroslav Halak to the Flyers. Spector wonders if the Rangers may be interested in Halak as the Blueshirts have nearly $2 million in available cap space and Halak has less than $470K remaining on his current contract.
...doesn't look like the Rangers are doing a very good job of searching for a back-up as Philly seems to be beating them to the punch.
...Halak is very intriguing as he has shown he can play at the NHL level and could possibly push Lundqvist to step-up his game.
...how hard the Rangers look for a back-up will have a lot to do with how Chad Johnson performs in his first start possibly tomorrow against the Isles.
3 comments:
I think Johnson is the backup to stay, I understand why the rangers always go through this panic mode, especially when they have a 23 year old rookie waiting for his shot...its more important for right now to get a top-6 forward, keep trying to get Mueller, slats...
Sorry, I don't understand why they always enter panic mode
I wouldnt mind Halak stepping in as backup... but I'd rather see them give Chad his fair shake and pick up a top 6 forward
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