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maybe we miss out on the big time players but this is a good pickup for as close to nothing as you can reasonably get.

This is a good move by Drury

idk what happened to this guy. a few years ago he would have been worth a lot more and now he's a 5th rounder 4 drafts from now. 

3 minutes ago, BrooksBurner said:

 

this is me for both players in this deal

11 minutes ago, Tonybologna said:

Off the board hockey trade has to be incoming, praying for Brady Tkachuk

Is this a running gag or something that I'm not in on? i haven't seen anything anywhere about Brady even being remotely thought of as a possibility to trade 

3 minutes ago, Albatrosss said:

They outplayed us at every facet of the game. Our PP saved us from being humiliated. It was not a 50/50 game. We were dominated. 
 

florida got better, much better this trade deadline. 

I pick and choose when to listen to the nerds of the analytics community lol

https://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2023020976

5 minutes ago, Pete said:

Well that's why they play 7 games and not 1. Any team can beat another on a given night.

 

Oh, and the Panthers didn't dismantle anyone. Rangers lost on a weak goal past Shesterkin.

yeah that felt more like a 50/50 game to me more than anything. we can still beat Florida in a 7 game series 

7 minutes ago, RichieNextel305 said:

Desperate and we couldn’t get Okposo for essentially free? I’m not sure what’s going on. I didn’t want Okposo but at that price and given the way the market is shaping up? May have rolled the dice.

 

 

im not losing any sleep overn ot getting Okposo/im not more worried about Florida now than I was before. Tank was a good pickup for them, I don't think Okposo changes their cup odds 

back when twitter became X and Elon Musk has being himself, I deleted my twitter account. then I randomly tried to make a new X account and it must have saved my IP or something and banned me from creating an account....and now I cant follow live breaking trades.

i played myself

https://x.com/khallny/status/1766111506314252614?s=46&t=3F4kZtEP41yrANaRJR1EBg

I wanted Guentzel, or at least allowed myself to get my hopes up. I still think we’re a better team than Carolina is and can win a 7 game series. 
 

we definitely need to make the ECF this year at a bare minimum though. 
 

we’ll see how tomorrow goes but I’m still confident in this group 

23 minutes ago, Pete said:

 

You say that now, but you guys will be the first ones complaining about how bad we are in 4-5 years

Fire Drury! he mortgaged our chance at a cup, just to win a cup!

for some, the journey is the most fun part I guess.

I'd give our next 5 first rounders + Kakko + Othmann + Perrault if we got 1 cup

claimed off waivers a couple of years ago and now he gets to sign a max year big ticket    good for him

2 minutes ago, RodrigueGabriel said:

Aw fuck. Just saw a tweet saying Wennberg's wife is 8 mos preggers. Fucking babies are going to cost us the damn Cup.

Orrrrrrr......she gives birth before the playoffs, and he goes on a 'scoring goals for my kid' tear

Just now, Rangers said:

Maybe its not his!?

if it comes out ugly we know the truth

also if we're weighing the scales

Adding a piece for a potential cup run vs. draft picks who, if they amount to even playing an NHL game, they wouldnt be there for 3-4 years, you pay the picks every time 

1 minute ago, Scott said:

??

 

 

alot can happen in 17 minutes! I'm surprised there wasnt a third team involved to get us to just 25% though. 

Wenn do we find out what we gave up?

17 minutes ago, Keirik said:

Very good trade for Buffalo. Byram wasn't ever going to be given too much of a chance with Makar. Yes, the Sabres have Dahlin but that's not really the same in my opinion. 

Power and Samuelsson (currently on IR) too though. I mean, having a stacked back line is not a bad thing. Maybe they want to build in the mold of those old Nashville teams

I do like the idea of having more PK options to limit the PK Ice time for Kreider/ZIb a bit. Its nice when they pose a shortie threat but the minutes add up and I'd rather those guys be primed for 5on5 and PP time

i have no idea how to feel about this. 

theyd want

Laf

Schneider/Miller

Kakko

1st

and maybe we get another small piece back in the deal as well

in other words, we're not getting Tkachuk

1 minute ago, RangersIn7 said:

I would think any deal for Tkachuk starts with Perreault, a 1st, and Kakko. 

I dont think that even moves the needle for them honestly. 

4 minutes ago, Br4d said:

 

They're in last place again.  They've been there for most of Tkachuk's career.  I think if they were approached with a serious offer Tkachuk would be a Ranger for the next 5 seasons at least.

I mean sure, no player is untradeable at the end of the day. but they are certainly not trying to move him at all and it would take a kings ransom of an offer to even get them to stay on the phone if you bring him up.

he's a piece they want to build around. he's their franchise player. And for the other reasons I laid out, the new owner isnt going to want to give up their best player 

your not getting Tkachuk for just unkowns either. you're giving up top players and top prospects and picks.

Just now, 4EverRangerFrank said:

Asking for a friend: Did Drury find one of Sather’s cigars and taking his time smoking that before pulling the trigger? Or did he find a giant bone left in MSG from the last Dead concert and he’s up on the Bridge enjoying the view? C’mon man! Make something happen soon. We’re dying out here. 

If it is Guentzel, and he feels like he can get him, I'm fine with other buyers finishing up their business first.