Friday, October 1, 2010

Rangers Keeping an Eye on Souray

Larry Brooks at the New York Post reports that Glen Sather would have keen interest in the recently waived Sheldon Souray should the Oilers place him on re-entry waivers.

Under that scenario, the Blueshirts only would be hit with a $2.7 million cap charge by getting Souray via re-entry, splitting both his annual cap hit and his $4.5 million salary with the Oilers.

There are, however, two obstacles confronting Sather. First, the Oilers have no immediate plan to place Souray on re-entry, assuming he clears. Second, the Blueshirts would have the 10th claim on re-entry, making it unlikely that he would get through to that pick.

...for $2.7 million, I'd be in. For his regular salary of $5.4 million for the next two years, not so much.

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7 comments:

Chris said...

Even at 2.7m I'd still be wary... I would rather let that ice-time be taken up by letting MDZ/Gilroy/McD/Tenk get more experience.

-DO said...

He's an injury risk and a defensive liability, but at least Souray can hit the net. That's one advantage over Redden. Another is that he's actually scored 20+ goals more than once. Some of our key forwards can't say that. I'd be okay with half-price. NYR can't afford him at full price.

Dan W said...

I havent seen him play really, but based on trading him for Redden in NHL 10 I really liked him. He had a crazy hitting stat too. Is he physical in real life? We could use one of those until McIlwrath steps up.

John said...

I heard Danyko talk about him last year on one of those Goring-Danyko-Dugay "think" sessions at the trading deadline and he said that he "...is not a winner. He cares more about the money than winning." So I'd have to say if a former teammate is calling him out, then no for the Rangers.

Brent said...

He seems like a locker room cancer to me. Torts isn't gonna put up with that. And like Chris said, my first instinct is to give the kids the ice time. Just my thoughts.

-DO said...

John, that's why I've been saying he's the same as Redden for months now since this rumor popped up the last time. I was against the rumored Souray/Redden trade b/c the are both overpaid for what they contribute, but if he's getting a $5.4 Mil salary with $2.7 Mil expectations, the pressure will be off and he might do okay. I wouldn't complain about a $2.7 Mil defenseman who could put up 40-50 points in 80 games. The biggest risk, I think, is that the chance of him playing 80 games is pretty slim. In fact, the chance of 50 games is probably slim. The youtes could play in the 30-or-so games while SS is on the IR.

LI Joe said...

want no part of souray even at 1/2 price