Rick Nash to be traded?

[2014olympicgold]

Nash had 7 points in the Rangers last 4 playoff games....just saying.

I would be very surprised if the Rangers moved him. The cap is an issue I guess, but overall he's been great in New York...he's had two of his best seasons since joining the team.

Didn’t he get 4 points in 1 game tho?

[fungchen3]

Nash would be a monster with Getzlaf and Perry. Then again, I could score 11 goals a year with Getzlaf banking pucks off my shins.

[kevinsrangers]

Then again, I could score 11 goals a year with Getzlaf banking pucks off my shins.

isn't that perrys job. lol.

[rainydrinkwater]

Nash would be a monster with Getzlaf and Perry. Then again, I could score 11 goals a year with Getzlaf banking pucks off my shins.

The ducks cap space is a peach. I think they would be front runners if anything materialized here. I think if he was insulated by other big names who also carry big expectations, he'd be fine. Even in the playoffs. I'd try to keep Getz/Perry on line one and try Nash with Kesler on the line two at the beginning though.

[blayze]

Backstrom, Ovi, Nash. WOW.

There aren't enough shots to go around between those two... and Nash would be the one who takes a back seat obviously.

Personally, I think Nash in Florida would be a great fit. He would probably make them a playoff team.

[fungchen3]

isn't that perrys job. lol.

Haha, touche! Perry has enough skill to get the 11 bank jobs and another 30 by his own accord. I'm stuck with the 11 gifts.

[YzermansLegacy]

I'm leaning towards Nash staying in NY and them moving a Dman to clear cap space. Mack/Girardi/Staal/Yandle is a pretty pricey top 4. Throw in Boyle and Klein and they have a lot of cash tied up on the back end. Easier to move a dman to make space and pick up a rental at the deadline if they feel they need more depth than to try and match Nash's goals up front by committee imo.

[donpaulo]

Highly doubtful Nash gets traded after he scored a career high number of goals. NY needs offense in a big way and the Nashster provides that.

Its mostly the local newspapers trying to sell copies which print stories about trading the leading goal scorer. The hotter rumor is that Slats is thinking about retiring as GM and handing the job to Gorton.

I think the only way Rick Nash is traded is if another team simply blows them away with an offer.

While the cap situation is potentially troublesome it can be solved by letting Martin Saint Louis leave, finding a way to move Dan Boyle somehow and probably not buying too much of Stepan`s UFA window. The back end of the bottom six forwards will be filled from the AHL.

McD, Girardi and Staal are not going anywhere. Yandle`s salary is being somewhat paid by Arizona but NY will have to decide how much money they want to commit to him as he is a free agent at the end of next season. Klein plays the right side which is a need for the club going forward too.

The no brainer decision is to pry Dan Boyle out of the lineup. As a guy 35+ with a NMC its going to be a challenge to find a dance partner. Maybe somewhere he wants to go, in a perfect world NY packages him with an incentive and hopes to get Ottawa to take the hometown boy, but why in gods name would they want him ? Don`t see Tampa wanting him either, but where else would he want to go ? Maybe they can get him a job at the NHL offices and he chooses retirement ?