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Leetch on Redden: Both sides lost
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09:09 AM ET 09.29 | Priced out of the market of which he was a part, Wade Redden is no longer with the Rangers. As for the contract that caused this mess to begin with, [Brian] Leetch said that Redden had a lot of leverage when he signed the six-year, $39 million deal in 2008. Still, he defends the team's decision to acquire the defenseman. "When a team has a need in that area they'll overpay to get you there," he said. "That's kind of what the Rangers fell into. They needed a veteran player that could eat up minutes and bring offensive energy and they took their gamble on credit. It wasn't a bad gamble because he was an elite player, but as it turned out, both sides lost."
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It wasn't a bad gamble because he was an elite player.
Key word - "WAS."
Canuck eh?
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The Rangers NEVER make a 'bad' gamble. Do they?
Slapshot
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Leetch on Redden
Try a little salt to get it off.
Baun-ded=PH in…
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I'd love to "lose" and still walk away with $39mil.
Stillers-Pens-Bucs-P…
Pittsburgh , PA
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Ding Ding Ding!!
LGP: Pensational!
Six Burgh, PA
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An excellent point.
LGP: Pensational!
Six Burgh, PA
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Ba dum dum dum Tsssshhhh!! Thank you boys!! :)
LGP: Pensational!
Six Burgh, PA
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Not lost on me.
Loosely related, my dad once told me a story about having a tick when he was young. It was in the back of his shoulder.
He said his dad got it out by heating up a needle and putting it on the bum.
For many years I couldn't figure out how putting a hot needle on my dad's bum would cause a tick to back out of it's bore hole.....
Hank Kingsley
Port Alberni, BC
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For the past 5 years, Redden's idea of "a little salt" seems to involve several kilos of Columbia's finest and frequent late night meetings in the park with Darryl Strawberry.
YODA
Edmonton, AB
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Hey now, Daryl has cleaned up his act. Why, didn't you see him just shmoozing with the Donald on "Celebrity" Apprentice? Respectable businessman these days. Perhaps you really meant Dwight Gooden?
Seabird 56
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I can only assume once more that this means you did?
Oh the shame!
Hank Kingsley
Port Alberni, BC
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I would say the Rangers were the ones who lost....Redden is still getting paid.
nfitzy
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As in was a couple years before the contract was offered. His last couple of years in Ottawa werent that great if memory serves me right.
darkstorm
Rimersburg , PA
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I was hoping you wouldn't see that................The wife made me watch. Really. Wait, that might not come out just right..... No, no that's not right either, I'm just digging myself in deeper..... Wait, wait......
Seabird 56
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That reminds me of the story from the ****'s childhood. When he was eight his parents asked what he wanted for Christmas. He said I wanna watch....so they let him.
Canuck eh?
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What a fine upstanding member of the criminal element he is eh? How many chances did Doc and daryl get between them?
LGP: Pensational!
Six Burgh, PA
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Heard stories about him in the Downtown East Side (skid row in Vcr.)back when he was with the Sens
Swamp Dragon
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Aten't they cousins
Swamp Dragon
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I remember when they were on the cover of S.I. together as the Mets' poster boys for bad behavior. A black day in MLB and New York sports history. NO pun intended. A waste of potential and talent. Strawberry has gotten himself straightened out. Gooden from what I've read is still struggling.
Seabird 56
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They are.
Seabird 56
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