Rangers waive Barclay Goodrow in first huge shakeup after playoff ouster
NY Post
The Rangers’ need for cap space ultimately outweighed the immeasurable contributions the team received from Barclay Goodrow in the playoffs, which forced the organization to place the utility forward on waivers on Tuesday as its first major change of the offseason.
It was a move that can be boiled down to Goodrow’s $3,641,667 per year price tag that simply wasn’t justifiable for a 31-year-old fourth-liner who does not produce nearly as much as the cap charge commands.
There’s no question the Blueshirts got their money’s worth in the postseason, where Goodrow has branded himself as a clutch performer through two Stanley Cups with the Lightning and two runs to the Eastern Conference Final with the Rangers.
He has also been the versatile, do-it-all player who excels in the dirty areas of the game the Rangers needed him to be when they signed him in July 2021.
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