Out of all the acquisitions the Rangers made this off season, perhaps even including the Frolov UFA signing, The Mouth believes this move might have been the best.
The Rangers obtained a young, emerging LW in Tim Kennedy, who has some real potential for what really amounts to as a song.
Kennedy went to salary arbitration with the Buffalo Sabres who are limited in cash and shackled by budget restraints, being that thay are from a small market.
In the end, the arbitrator ruled against the Sabres and awarded Kennedy a One Million dollar contract.
Buffalo was not willing to pay Kennedy his million and immediately bought out 1/3 of his contract and placed him on waivers. Kennedy did have a say so in which team he was willing to go to and he picked the Rangers.
The Rangers will pay Kennedy $550,000 for this upcoming season. The Big Man feels this could prove to be the shrewdest moves Glen Sather has made this summer.
Kennedy is young, talented and super cap friendly to the Blueshirts who don't have much wiggle room salary cap wise.
For The Mouths vociferous opinion as well as some local coverage of the trade in Buffalo watch below:
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