January 23, 200422 yr New York Ranger WASHINGTON -- After months of speculation, the Capitals have worked out a deal to trade All-Star forward Jaromir Jagr to the Rangers for forward Anson Carter, pending league approval, The Sports Network of Canada and the Washington Post are reporting. Jaromir Jagr Jagr The two teams had held off-and-on discussions concerning Jagr for more than six months. The sticking points had been how to handle Jagr's $11 million per year salary. The Capitals are picking up approximately $20 million of the remaining $44 million on Jagr's contract after this season, according to TSN. Sources told TSN that Jagr has agreed to defer $1 million a year for the balance of the contract. That money is deferred with interest and guaranteed. A source told the Post that Jagr departed the Capitals' Florida hotel about 3:30 p.m. ET Friday afternoon to catch a flight to Ottawa, where the Rangers play the Senators on Saturday night. Adding Jagr does not address the Rangers' biggest weakness: defense. The Rangers allow the sixth-most goals in the NHL, and have suffered major injuries on the back line, most notably Darius Kasparaitis and Greg de Vries. However, the Rangers have missed the playoffs for six straight seasons, and adding Jagr certainly would make them more dynamic offensively and a bigger draw at Madison Square Garden. Jagr signed a seven-year, $77 million contract, with an option for an eighth year, after the Capitals acquired him from Pittsburgh in the summer of 2001. The Rangers want the Capitals to assume part of the remainder of the guaranteed money, and Jagr has to consider whether he is willing restructure the deal to work around a possible future salary cap. Jagr has not provided the payoff expected when the Capitals made him the highest-paid player in the league. The team failed to reach the playoffs in his first season and was eliminated in the first round by Tampa Bay last year. Attendance has sagged for a franchise that was already losing approximately $20 million per year. Jagr has fought sporadic slumps and injuries to average about one point per game with the Capitals, but those numbers are well down from his superstar years with the Penguins. Jagr had 16 goals and 30 assists entering Friday's game at Florida and was chosen on Thursday to play in the All-Star Game for the ninth time. In eight NHL seasons with the Rangers, Capitals, Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins, the 29-year-old Carter has 153 goals and 174 assists. He has 10 goals and seven assists in 45 games with the Rangers this season. espn.com
January 23, 200422 yr Yes they are Heckeroo, They are number one on my hate list, in fact all New York teams are...
January 24, 200422 yr im not really into hockey but would i be wrong if i said the rangers are the Texas Rangers of hockey... spent a s*** load of money but cant get anything done?
January 24, 200422 yr Everyone on this team is overpaid and thus has no incentive to go out and work their asses off night in and night out. They're also very, very soft. They still won't make the playoffs.
January 24, 200422 yr I love my Capitals but the entire front office needs to go and that includes the owner.
January 25, 200422 yr I love my Capitals but the entire front office needs to go and that includes the owner. After the amount of money he's lost on this team I'm sure he'd like to leave too... three years ago. Why did they get a winger? The Caps need defenders! Scoring hasn't been a problem at all except when they only score 4 and the defense gives up 5.
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