Friday, June 27, 2008

Straka's Not Gone But He's Gone

John Dellapina at The Blueshirts Blog feels that despite Martin Straka's agent saying rumors of Straka’s having signed with his hometown Czech League team in Plzen have been greatly exaggerated, there is no reason to doubt that Straka, indeed, has agreed to return home to complete his playing career. However, Dellapina doesn't feel this would crush the Rangers...

"Fact is, it is difficult to imagine how the Rangers would have tried to re-sign a 35-year-old Straka. They’d like to clear lineup space for younger forwards such as Ryan Callahan, Nigel Dawes and Petr Prucha and have major interest in upgrading up front by signing somebody like Ryan Malone."

...whether Straka has signed with Plzen or not he won't be back with the Rangers.

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