The window to amnesty bad contracts opens at 11pm est. And regardless of what some reporters are saying, buying out Brad Richards is the only intelligent option for the Rangers. He has been a post concussive train wreck for most of his time with the Rangers, and they could really use the cap room. Not only is the cap going down, but they do have to deal with Stepan, McDonagh and Hagelin and are apparently already negotiating with MDZ. The window closes on July 4th. There would seem to be no reason for the Rangers to hold onto him past 11:01 tonight, but they have had a tendency to drag things out lately, and so, don't be shocked it he's still a Ranger in the morning.
In other Ranger news, still no assistants named.
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I think he's gone, Zipay does also
I could see them buying him out, but not because of the cap room. They are roughly 14 million under the cap right now, including Richard's salary. So they should have the room needed to sign the RFAs.
The bigger issue is that even if you believe Richards will be better under AV, the Rangers lose any chance to buy him out next year if he gets hurt and is injured during the off-season. That is a mighty big gamble to take (Callaghan and Haglein are examples of guys hurt this off-season).
Of course that's the best reason, and the one I outlined back in May. They can't afford not to under the new system.
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