The Rangers Take a Big Risk

Almost unbelievably,  the Rangers have just announced that they will not use their second compliance buyout this summer.   Thus, they are stuck with Brad Richards and his ridiculous contract for at least one more year, and possibly longer.    It will literally be too risky to play him next year and they have jammed up their cap room this year.   This is just bad business, and it makes them look stupid.

In the meantime, with the cap going down as it is, the Rangers will have to move a player or two who still may have some value, unlike Richards, whose legs and reflexes looked shot,  if they need to make cap room.

And of course if Richards ends the season because of injury, they can't buy him out, and if he retires they will be subject to the idiotic salary recapture rules. Only three things can happen here, and two of them are bad.

And for those who think this is  a good move "cause there's no better option out there": really?   There's no better option than paying an over the hill player 6.67M this season to be at best the third best center on the Rangers?  Really?  I would think their are about 60 better option.  

This is the worst decision they've made in years.