Rangers Sign Vaclav Prospal

by Jonathan Willis on Aug 16, 2009 12:00 PM MDT in News

Vaclav Prospal

#20 / Tampa Bay Lightning

Height: 6-2

Weight: 198

Born: Feb 17, 1975

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2008 - Vaclav Prospal	82	19	26	45	-20	52	7	0	2	1	194	9.8

According to the New York Post, the Rangers have signed ex-Lightning forward Vaclav Prospal to a one-year, 1.1-million dollar contract.

Of interest: Prospal has averaged 216 shots per season since the lockout, and has twice topped the 25-goal mark.

Key question: Is this an aberration, or are the remaining free agents going to start signing cheap? And that's a serious question, by the way, not a "the domino effect is coming1!!1 by Eklund" comment.

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Key question: Is this an aberration, or are the remaining free agents going to start signing cheap? And that’s a serious question, by the way, not a “the domino effect is coming1!!1 by Eklund” comment.

Prospal has the benefit of being paid by Tampa as well. So he can “afford” to sign a lower contract.

Still, the question remains: why should he? Just because Tampa is paying him, doesn’t mean his value has dropped. The price that he may have been satisfied with might have dropped but his agent should have been able to garner better offers. One of two scenarios seem likely:
1.) Prospal really wanted to play in New York.
2.) This was the best offer.

I’m leaning towards 2.) for no other reason other than we have no way of confirming or denying 1.). Which implies that other free agents, faced with the same dilemma, may start signing for cheap.

by R O on Aug 16, 2009 5:34 PM MDT reply actions

He also had a fairly dreadful season last year, which doesn’t do much for he ol’ re-sale value.

Matchsticks and Gasoline

by Kent Wilson on Aug 16, 2009 5:52 PM MDT reply actions

Even last year, the guy put up numbers that were worth more than 1.1M. This is a veteran 20-goal scorer, with 2 Olympic gold medals to boot, which you rarely see signed for less than 2 – 2.5M. Next year, there is a lot of potential for him to do better.

by JP Nikota on Aug 18, 2009 12:28 AM MDT up reply actions

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