Avery Awarded $1.9M, Rangers Accept

The Rangers have accepted the arbitrators decision of a 1-year, $1.9M contract to agitator Sean Avery. It was a bitter negotiation by all accounts and likely left Avery and Sather with some residual bitterness towards each other. So basically, just like anybody else Sather knows or deals with.

As for their cap situation, the best summation is found in the NY Daily News. It is still making assumptions - Kasper sent down and Staal making the team being the most notable - but they are reasonable assumptions.