By John P.
With the recent departure of Dennis Wideman from the Bruins and the failure of the Rangers to add a number one center to their roster, a deal centered around Michal Rozsival to the Bruins and Marc Savard to the Rangers makes all the sense in the world to me.
The Bruins have made it obvious that Savard is available and I think I speak for all Rangers fans by saying Rozsival wouldn't be terribly missed.
I hate Rozsival as much as the next guy, but I have to admit that he has been playing better and still has some value. A possible change of teams may actually revamp his career. Savard could also benefit from a move and is a legit number one, playmaking center.
I'd be dreaming if I actually thought the Bruins would accept a straight up trade, but a deal of Rozsival, a 4th round draft pick, and a low level prospect for Savard would work for a number of reasons :
1) The salaries are in the same neighborhood (Savard making $4.007 million per season through the 2016-2017 season and Rozsival making $5 million per season through the 2011-2012 season) *numbers from www.capgeek.com
2) The Rangers are stockpiled with good, young defensemen (Del Zotto, Gilroy, [Nigel] Williams, McIlrath, Valentenko, McDonagh) and this will open up a roster spot for one on those guys to step up and earn in training camp. This would be right in line with Sather's youth movement mentality.
3) The Rangers FINALLY get the playmaking 1st line center that they have been desperately seeking. He also will indirectly get you secondary goal scoring in the 15 - 25 goal window.
4) The Bruins get a defenseman who can step right in and replace Wideman who was lost in the Nathan Horton trade and also get a pick and a prospect to sweeten the pot.
I think a scenario like this makes all the sense in the world and with his injuries behind him, I think Savard is the exact piece the Rangers need to take it to the next level and be a real contender in the East.
11 comments:
I've been thinking the same thing all along :) (savard's in my NYR team in NHL 10 ^^ works like a charm) Savard seems like the missing affordable link... Though I doubt they'd want to take Roszival in return though...
The 2 reasons I hate this trade is Savard is a hit away from a serious concussion and being out long term or for his career.....#2 he is already 33 years old...lets say he never get that next concussion, what is his level of play going to be like in 2 years?
The only reason this could work is if he get a career ending concussion...will we be able to get out of the contract...like we did Bure
To add to fleisch's comments, I think that Savard has like 5 years left on his deal. No thanks. We should learn our lesson from the Drury & Redden contracts and steer clear of this deal. I would prefer to make a swap for Patrick Sharp (which I read about on Newsday's site). While I hate the idea of parting with prospects, if Sather could swing his magic trade voodoo on Chicago (who is choking on the cap) and steal Sharp for a small haul of prospects/picks than that could give us a center with some upside while being cap friendly. Just a thought.
I agree that it would be unwise to acquire a 33 year Savard who will be 39 by the end of his contract. He could be very unproductive by the end of that span. Meanwhile, none of the Rangers D prospects have yet shown that they are ready for NHL competition and Rozsival is currently the Rangers third best defender. And he's not absurdly overpaid as much as some fans like to think he is. I would not make any deal to give up our third best blueliner *and picks/prospects* for Savard. It would be Boston's second steal of the last two years [after they absolutely fleeced Toronto for Kessel].
Meh about Savard.
We shouldnt be meh on Savard. He would be a top C for Gaborik and make the team way more competitive
thing is Rozy for Savard wont work. more salary going back to the Bruins even though its less yrs
if the Rangers take Ryder then maybe they can work somethning out on the cheap but with that Boston has to take some salary back
Hope they can work something out for Savard but moving Rozy would hurt the D and i just dont think Boston would do iteither
The rangers should have kept him when they had him back in the nineties...
I would much rather pursue Ryan Getzlaf if we were to send Staal, Callahan & a 1st. rd. pick to Anaheim that should be enough to get Ryan Getzlaf who is signed for another 3 years at a reasonable 5.3 mill. per cap hit.
For all the obvious reasons already mentioned- age, contract length and diminishing returns with a possible injury prone player. I got to pass.
Of course I'd take Savard for Rozsival, I'd probably take anyone for Rozsival, but Boston isn't willing to take on MORE salary when it's clear they're trying to shed cap for Blake Wheeler and Tyler Seguin. Savard's 90+ points two years ago and PP skills would be awesome, and at only 4 mil per, he is a player on which I'd definitely take the risk.
agree with several above that savard at 33 and with 5 or 6 yrs left is a big no for me. rozy has only 2 yrs left and after this yr the real cash of the last yr is 3 mm so he could be easily traded to a team near the cap floor.
this team does not need a 33 small center with history of concussions - we already have 1. no need to trade for another with many yrs left on contract
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