The New York Rangers need to get moving.
Not on the ice. There will be time for that in a month.
It's time for Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather to get to work on signing his free agents. Sather doesn't have to worry about players who are currently free to sign with other teams. But he has to get moving when it comes to Henrik Lundqvist, Ryan Callahan and Dan Girardi, all of whom will be free agents next year if the Rangers don't get them signed before the end of the 2013-14 season.
While Sather and the Rangers have many months to get this done before they are in danger of losing those three mainstays, there is little to be gained by waiting around and much that could be lost.
The longer the Rangers wait before signing their trio of stars, the more complicated the situation will grow. If they are not signed by the start of training camp or perhaps the regular season, will any of the players shut down the negotiation process?
Perhaps Lundqvist, Callahan or Girardi won't want to negotiate during the season. Perhaps they are already somewhat miffed that contract extensions have not been ...
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