Phil Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 The estimable Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet?s 31 Thoughts column referred this week to an unidentified blockbuster trade then-but-not-now Edmonton general manager Peter Chiarelli had been working on, but did not complete, at the 2016 entry draft. The blockbuster, Slap Shots has confirmed with multiple sources, would have been with the Rangers and it would have sent Ryan McDonagh to the Oilers in exchange for the fourth-overall selection in the draft the Blueshirts intended to use on Clayton Keller of the USNDT. There would have been additional components to the trade, but that would have formed the foundation of it. The Rangers ? coming off their white-flag, five-game, first-round surrender to the Penguins ? not only understood the time was at hand for a makeover, but recognized McDonagh represented their most marketable commodity. We are told conversations with a handful of teams ensued, with Colorado?s Nathan MacKinnon believed a primary target and linemate Gabriel Landeskog a secondary one, but rival GMs did not hold McDonagh in quite the same esteem as the Rangers. Talks with Chiarelli were at a serious stage, we?re told. But the Oilers declined to go through with it. A few days later, instead, Edmonton traded Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas ? er, Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson ? and the Blueshirts triggered their relatively short-lived rebuild-on-the-fly phase by sending Derick Brassard to Ottawa for a return that featured Mika Zibanejad. https://nypost.com/2019/01/26/the-blockbuster-rangers-oilers-mcdonagh-trade-that-never-was/ Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Interesting. I'm thinking that this makes Chiarelli look even worse...passing up a deal he should have made for a deal he never should have contemplated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Scary that they'd view Keller over Tkachuk. Keller isn't that great, don't think this would have changed much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 McD for Hall would have been good, but prolly no Zbad in that case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 McD for Hall would have been good, but prolly no Zbad in that case.Agree with this, but seeing the trade play out we probably could have gotten Hall for Skjei lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Looking at MacKinnon and Landeskog now.... wow. Both so good together. Who knows how one of them would have done in Rangers' blue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Head Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Scary that they'd view Keller over Tkachuk. Keller isn't that great, don't think this would have changed much. Both Tkachuks IMO were under valued going into the draft. Hard to place a value on that kind of grit Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravesy Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 The grit is just a bonus. Their value is based on everything else they bring to the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Should?ve been McD for McD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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