The New York Rangers are notably cap struck right now, and the only way they can get out of this situation is by getting rid of the wasteful players.
Veterans Wade Redden and Todd White may be targets for a buy-out, or to be waived to Hartford. Redden currently makes $6.5 million (as his cap hit), while newly acquired Todd White has a cap hit of $2.375 million.
As much as I would like to see Todd White in the NHL, it is starting to sound more and more like he will be sent down to Hartford after training camp.
As for Wade Redden, good luck to him! I really sincerely hope Wade Redden finds himself in Hartford after training camp. He has done nothing useful for the Rangers since he signed here, and he is just taking up a roster spot and cap space for the Rangers.
Getting rid of him would erase $6.5 million on the cap, and would open a spot on the team for another defenseman.
The fact is that the Rangers need to open up cap space if they want to do anything else this off-season, and the main players that are on the waiver radar (as I said before) are Wade Redden and Todd White.
Both are veteran players, and bo ...
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