Update: Why Three Years Is Ideal Length For Callahan, Rangers
Jesse Spector of the New York Daily News tweets that Ryan Callahan and the New York Rangers have officially agreed to a new contract and avoided tomorrow's pending arbitration hearing. Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet tweets that the deal is believed to be for three-years, $13 million. Those numbers are more reasonable than some that have been thrown around over the last few days and makes the Rangers cap hit manageable down the road.
Update: Kevin Allen of USA Today tweets that the breakdown of Ryan Callahan's new contract goes for $4M, $4M, $4.875M over the three years.
Callahan was the last in a slew of restricted free agent deals for the Blueshirts, but he is clearly amongst the most critical, both on the ice and in the dressing room. Now New York has the main ingredients to their roster all under contract and will let training camp decide how the roster shakes out into a lineup for the 2011-12 season.
Jesse Spector of the New York Daily News tweets that Ryan Callahan and the New York Rangers have officially agreed to a new contract and avoided tomorrow's pending arbitration hearing. Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet tweets that the deal is believed to be for three-years, $13 million. Those numbers are more reasonable than some that have been thrown around over the last few days and makes the Rangers cap hit manageable down the road.
Update: Kevin Allen of USA Today tweets that the breakdown of Ryan Callahan's new contract goes for $4M, $4M, $4.875M over the three years.
Callahan was the last in a slew of restricted free agent deals for the Blueshirts, but he is clearly amongst the most critical, both on the ice and in the dressing room. Now New York has the main ingredients to their roster all under contract and will let training camp decide how the roster shakes out into a lineup for the 2011-12 season.
Last season Callahan continued to play his relentless style
of hitting and blocking shots while being an invaluable member of the team in
terms of penalty killing, power play goals and presence in the locker
room. What was different last year was
the offense that Callahan brought to the table.
Despite playing in only 60 games he was able to set career highs with 23
goals, 25 assists and 48 points for New York.
The added offense was critical for the Rangers as the combination of
Dubinsky, Anisimov and Callahan was the best line for the team during much of
the season. The Rangers will need that
line to continue their growth as well as the production that is expected from
Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik if they are going to contend for a
championship.
