New York Rangers fans are not known as even-keeled or reasonable, but even I – a fan for over 25 years – was taken aback by the reaction I saw to this Tweet from Frank Seravalli on Monday:
Hearing #NYR have made significant progress with newly acquired forward Barclay Goodrow.
Not finalized. Expectation is Goodrow will be a Blueshirt once the signing moratorium is lifted with a 6-year deal in $3.6m AAV range. @DFOHockey
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) July 19, 2021
A large portion of the fan base went into hysterics, and the denizens of wider hockey Twitter were all too happy to dunk on the Rangers with hyperbole such as “worst contract ever.