Henrique seems to be the guy they are trying to acquire. Again, absolutely no draft picks should be traded. They don’t have a defenseman to quarterback their power-play, so Jones could be a fit there. I would want the Bruins second round draft pick back in a deal if we’re sending them, Jones and another prospect for a guy that’s clearly a one year rental.
It would appear the Rangers are not shopping the 22-year-old ahead of the NHL trade deadline on March 8. But the Blueshirts could be open to trading Kakko as part of a big deal that could bring back a top-six right wing or middle-six center, or both. “Kaapo Kakko is perhaps an asset that Chris Drury … considers using as trade bait,” Dreger said. “New York has cap space and the assets like Kakko to acquire a significant piece.” The Rangers gained salary cap relief of $4.4375 million when Filip Chytil was placed on long-term injured reserve Sunday. Chytil, who’d been out since sustaining an upper-body injury Nov. 2, had just returned to practice with the Rangers last week before he had a setback related to the initial injury at the morning skate Friday.
I'd rather give up Kakko for Lindholm than a 1st. I'm not sure Calgary would. Seems unlikely we end up with him but I definately see Tarasenko and Monahan/Henrique as distinct possibilities. Maybe a 4th line guy possibly. Don't see them adding anyone to the D corps unless they shipped Miller out. We have plenty of DL space to work with, plus they can add in someone like Pitlick or have the other team retain a bit to make it work.
GM’s that are worried about losing their job trade draft picks for rentals. Let’s hope the imbecile Drury doesn’t do this.
Exactly the price I wouldn’t want to pay. If we threw away the first round draft pick last year, we don’t have Perreault. No trading of picks. Especially for a rental.
Wait, you cursed at me and called me all sorts of names 2 weeks ago when I said Lindholm should be our target, because you said a Canadian team like the Flames would never trade him. That is so surprising Lindholm got traded considering your ability to see the future...that never happens. Funny as usual. That is a lot, but Vancouver looks very scary now. Once again, we will have to trade our 1st round pick if we want any impact guys. The only way I see getting around that is if Kakko is subbed in for the 1st round pick, or maybe it is a conditional pick that becomes a 1st if we make the ECF (like the Copp deal 2 years ago). If we do deal Kakko, Drury better not get just one rental like Tarasenko. For Kakko we need something beyond this year IMO, and/or I would like to fill 2 of our 3 holes, which IMO are C, top 6 RW, and a dman.
My fear is Drury will try and save his job and trade an excellent prospect or a first or second to save his job for a guy that won't make the difference. If Shiterskin is going to play like this, we aren't going anywhere.
Drury has a very interesting decision. Go for it, which means Kakko and/or a 1st round pick are on the table, or don't go for it, which means we really aren't a contender this season. Not an easy choice given how we have played recently, but we also are in 1st place. Tough call. Everything I have read tells me he will go for it and Kakko and/or a 1st round pick will be dealt. Have read he feels we are right there as a legit contender, and we are a win now team.
Is there gonna trade a first round pick and Kakko and they don’t get back Zegras, Drury should have his balls cut off in front of Madison Square Garden
Then you have the moron Rangers fans on HF that like Kakko for Gourde and even want to throw in a pick. Please. Kakko, like Lafreniere has been completely misused by the incompetent Rangers. You don't take the second or first overall pick in the draft and never give them first PP time. Only the Rangers can be so stupid. I wanted Gourde back in the day when we could have given up a lot less. If they move Kakko, it better be for a similar age center with close to the same upside. Never ceases to amaze me of the stupidity of posters on HF. Especially Rangers fans.
Kakko has been through three different coaches...all of whom chose not to put him (or Lafreniere for that matter) on the PP1. I think the most simple explanation is Kakko doesn't belong on the PP1 and multiple coaches see that.
They weren't put on the first PP unit because the Rangers are an incompetent, clusterfuck run organization. You don't want to seem to acknowledge that. One cup in 85+ years but yeah, let's keep thinking the coaches they hire know what they are doing. The problem with the three coaches is they all have done the same thing. Suck off the veteran players. Why are Zibanejad and Kreider playing on the first PP unit instead of Lafreniere who has outplayed both of them at even strength by a mile? So the coaches this clusterfuck organization continues to hire, reward two dipshits who can't score at even strength and can't play with anybody other than Buchnevich, yet punishes the first pick in the draft who has scored at even strength for 2 years now. Yeah, keep believing that the coaches and this loser organization know what they are doing.
I swear, we have the only fans on the planet that are fans of a team that has one title in 85+ fucking years that continue to think that the organization and their coaches know what they are doing. I mean, I have given indisputable, factual evidence of how every other fucking team in the league uses top 5 forward picks. They play them 17+ minutes a night and on the first PP unit from the first day they come in the league. However, our tool fans still won't acknowledge that and blame Lafreniere and Kakko instead of the dumb fucks running things in this organization. I guarantee when Kakko goes to another team, after about 30-40 games on the top PP unit, he will start lighting it up and again, the Rangers will look like the retards they are.
Monahan for 1st and more. Absurd overpayment. Thank God another fool off the board to stupid proof Drury.
This is how the trade DL works. Either you pay up, or you don't add anything of impact. When a guy like Monahan goes for a 1st and a conditional 3rd, it tells you all you need to know. Drury has a big decision on his hands, to go for it or not, which means dealing their 1st round pick and/or Kakko if you want anything of impact. Maybe you can get away with a 2nd or a conditional pick that could become a 1st if the Rangers make the ECF, but we are not getting anything of real impact for pennies on the dollar, not how the trade DL works.
The NHL trade market is probably the worst of all the sports. And it’s mostly due to the shitty salary cap put in place by the commissioner along with this new crappy point system which keeps team “in” the playoff hunt points wise but reality wise they don’t have a chance. The trade deadline should be moved back about 3 weeks and then it won’t be as shitty. There’s simply too many teams with a chance to get into the playoffs to have it be a fair market. It’s always a sellers market but there aren’t enough sellers ever.
Well if they want a first for Henrique. Fuck no. More of why I said to go after a guy like Sturm. Lower cost. Krebs is another guy I'd look at. Lower cost.
