Paul Ranger Sighting!
by Dani Toth on Apr 7, 2010 10:59 PM EDT
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Paul Ranger, the defenceman that left the Lightning back on October 23rd for personal reasons, has been sighted at the St. Pete Times Forum not once, but twice. The news was first nonchalantly dropped by Cristodero saying that he visited the locker room on Tuesday. Tocchet told the media that Ranger requested that he not be paid during his leave of absence and was just there to pick up tax information.
But then he was there again today...
He didn't answer any questions about the reasons why he took a leave of absence (at least not to the media), just saying hello to everyone and some chit chat in the hallways at the Forum. Read in to this how you want but Cristodero did say that "he looked fit and trim, as if he has been working out".
Ranger is an RFA after this season, who if he played this year would have made $1.1 million. Besides the question about why he actually left, the question for the Lightning in the off season will be whether they offer him a new contract. And if so, does he get more than the league minimum? Or perhaps Ranger will decide that he is walking away from hockey, and then the Lightning will need seek out another defenceman for their blue line.
It will be too bad if this is the last we've seen of him. Ranger was drafted by the Lightning back in 2002 and has played 5 years with the team. He's also one of those prized puck moving defenceman type of players that GM's pine over.
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i just think they should cut ties with him. maybe its just me but i never liked Paul Ranger. i always thought people gave him much more credit than he deserved. He made way more mistakes than anything else, constantly giving up the puck and at some times just seemed completely lost in his own zone. i mean, i hop all goes well for him on and off the ice, but id rather not see him back in a Lightning uniform.
Interesting. I’m betting he’s hoping to get re-signed. Not to say that he didn’t want to see how everyone was doing, but to be back two days in a row? If this keeps up, I’m thinking he’s hoping to play next season. Which I think is a good thing. But if I were the team, I’d re-sign him to the league minimum with lots of merit bonuses – just to be on the safe side.
There's nothing quite like the sound of a frozen puck hitting the glass. It makes me happy.
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