Dan Girardi Agrees to New Contract With Rangers
 

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with defenseman Dan Girardi on a new contract.

Girardi, 26, skated in 82 games with the Rangers this season, registering six goals and 18 assists for 24 points, along with 53 penalty minutes. He was one of four Rangers to skate in all 82 games, and has played in 280 consecutive games, ranking ninth in the NHL among active streaks. He led the team and ranked sixth in the NHL with 180 blocked shots, tied for second on the Rangers with 178 hits, ranked second in average icetime (21:29) and third with a plus-nine rating at home.

Girardi ranked second among team defensemen and ninth on the Rangers overall in even strength scoring, registering 19 of his 24 points at even strength, and he ranked third among club blueliners in goals and points, and fourth in assists.

The Rangers posted a record of 4-1-0 when Girardi tallied a goal. Girardi tied his career-high with a three-game assist/point streak from December 16 vs. the NY Islanders to December 19 at Philadelphia (three assists), and he recorded his first career multi-goal game with two goals on October 12 vs. Toronto. On October 3, Girardi skated in his 200th career NHL game, registering one assist and a plus-three rating vs. Ottawa at Madison Square Garden.

A veteran of four NHL seasons, Girardi posted his finest offensive output during the 2007-08 season, establishing career-highs in goals (10), assists (18), points (28), power play goals (five) and shots (147). His 10 goals tied for 20th in the NHL among defensemen, and he ranked second among team blueliners in goals, assists, points and power play goals.

Girardi also tallied a career-high, three playoff assists in 10 contests in 2008, recording his first NHL post-season point with a shorthanded assist on the game-winning goal in Game One of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal matchup vs. New Jersey on April 9 at Prudential Center. Earlier that season, Girardi notched his first career NHL goal with a power play tally on October 18 at Atlanta.

The 6-2, 215-pounder has skated in 280 career NHL games with the Rangers, registering 20 goals and 60 assists for 80 points, along with 128 penalty minutes. As a rookie in 2006-07, he tied for ninth in the NHL among first-year players with a plus-seven rating, having posted a plus or even rating in 28 of 34 games following his recall from Hartford (AHL) on January 25, 2007.

The Rangers completed their 2006-07 campaign registering a 19-9-6 record with Girardi in the lineup. Girardi tallied his first career point with a two-assist performance on February 17, 2007 vs. Philadelphia, and made his NHL debut on January 27, 2007 at Philadelphia. In addition, Girardi has recorded three assists and 16 penalty minutes in 27 career playoff contests.

The Welland, Ontario native signed as a free agent with the Rangers on July 1, 2006.

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HAHAHA

That's a lot to pay for a Marian Gaborik bodyguard :D

Girardi is a good D-Man, not a fighter.
why do you Troll threads and contribute nothing Flyer Fan?

Girardi allowing the Rags best player to get pounded on dominated this site for a solid 3 months. I don't remember a single poster, rag fans included, who got Girardi's back on the incident. That is why I posted what I posted.

God you're truly clueless. The "What are you havin'" thread is calling your name.

Pretty sure he contributed with how much the contract was worth.

I like Girardi.

This is a good signing for the Rangers.

girardi is good but this is a steep price. i wouldve liked him at 2.75 million. sather strikes again.

They gotta send some trash to the minors.
Thats a huge contract.
he needs to grow a pair, then I wouldn't mind him

I think he will be a different player after that horrible incident. He already showed signs when he KO'd Hartnell in the must win 81st game of the season:D.

He is a very strong person that will be very valuable if he decides to play with an edge every night. As is, he is pretty good also.

what do you mean grow a pair? just because of the whole gabby thing, that was torts fault. If he wasn't up everyone asses about taking penalty's he wouldn't of thought twice about jumping in.

YouTube- Scott Hartnell vs Daniel Girardi Apr 9,...

YouTube- Daniel Girardi vs Cam Barker Jan 16, 2009

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when he fights, he throws bombs ..very fun to watch

You really can't blame Tortorella for that. That was just a horrendous display by Girardi, if there was ever a time that you clearly shouldn't be paying attention to the coach talking about discipline is when your team's star player is getting pummeled. Personally, I don't think that one episode defines the guy as a player, but that pathetic spectacle cannot be blamed on anyone other than Girardi himself.

Now that that's out of the way, I think Girardi is a good blueliner for the Rangers, getting him signed to a multi-year deal is a good move. I actually don't think he's even really that overpaid based on the market for defensemen.

Another bad Slats contract. With Staal apparently getting a deal in the 4.5M range, we now have 20M tied up in 4 defenseman, only one of whom is above average. And Hank is in for another long year, because none of the returning players nor Eminger are going to do anything to protect him yet again this season. If there was ever a FA this d-corps needed, it was Andy Sutton, but we've got so much payroll tied up in dog sh*t that he's likely out of the question now.

It was expensive but it is the going rate for d-men.. i have a feeling hes not done, look for redden to be put in the minors or some how moved... once we resign staal for 4.2-4.5 for 6 years, were solid on r D for the next 4-6 years. Lose the 6.5 of redden and then lose rosy 5.0 in two years..give callahan a 5 year 16 million deal and duby a 4 year 12 million dollar deal. Lock up the core guys and build from there. Reddens contract = resigning callahan and duby long term. Once we lose Rosy's and the cap goes up a little we sign another sniper

I just find he shows a "mean" side once every 10-15 games and then you dont see from him again for another 10. He needs to play like your videos(maybe not always fighting) more often.
I like him, I just find that when hes in those spells when hes not doing much I start to lose a little for him.