GDT: 2021 NHL Draft

[DialUp]

Talking about the "return" for Buch is kind of missing the point. We think Drury "targeted" Blais? lol nope

 

[will1066]

Buchnevich was never going to be a player that you could win a cup with. Not a great return, but let's see if there are other moves after this that correlate

That wasn't his role.

 

[LORDE]

I don't even know what to say.

This is beyond awful

f*** Drury.

 

[Zibanejbread]

what was the rush to get this done? A '22 2nd and Blais didn't need to be done now, why not wait it out if that's all you had available

 

[TheKing30]

Built up all these good young players like buch and have a elite prospect pool just to F it up and essentially set it on fire. Looking forward to the strome bottom pair dman trade

 

[Cmox]

Is a 22’ 2nd like a 21’ first?

 

[Nickmo82]

I blame Chris Kreider.

 

[OthmannOut]

what was the rush to get this done? A '22 2nd and Blais didn't need to be done now, why not wait it out if that's all you had available

It rhymes with Schmeichel

 

[EpicDing]

This is JG's fault for giving Kreider that deal.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Is a 22’ 2nd like a 21’ first?

Yeah.

This draft blows lol.

 

[RGY]

Is a 22’ 2nd like a 21’ first?

That is my feeling

And its still a bad trade. For what Buch produces and his age, Thomas/Kyrou/Sanford needed to be the return.

 

[Rsswmu]

This is JG's fault for giving Kreider that deal.

Yes and no. Having to trade Buch is his fault the return is horrible though.

 

[MrAlmost]

Blais is a good bottom 6 player and signed to a good contract and will be RFA next summer. Buch is coming off an anomaly of a season where he played lights out for half of it and is probably going to get a larger contract than the Rangers can afford with other players, especially wingers, coming along. (Kakko, Krav, Fox, Laf, Miller, Igor) Can't keep everyone. It's still a business and for a player without a contract that has leverage for a pay day, this return isn't that bad. And a second next year is pretty good too. Deeper draft. Some people get too attached to players and it clouds judgement. I am guilty of that too, but you got to remain as objective as possible.

 

[bleedblue94]

Teams knew Drury was in a bind with the cap. Drury had to move the player but the return should have been more.

Correct, I would've thought two 2nds w blais but it is what it is. There's something else coming so I will reserve judgement until the whole picture is there

 

[will1066]

This is JG's fault for giving Kreider that deal.

The irony. It's like Mean Girls, the KZB clique backstabbing each other

 

[SnowFort]

I’ve never wanted to ask a GM for their motivation of a move more than right now…

 

[EpicDing]

Yes and no. Having to trade Buch is his fault the return is horrible though.

If that's all the market is offering it's better than letting him walk after the arbitration reward is too high.

 

[haveandare]

Blais is a good bottom 6 player and signed to a good contract and will be RFA next summer. Buch is coming off an anomaly of a season where he played lights out for half of it and is probably going to get a larger contract than the Rangers can afford with other players, especially wingers, coming along. (Kakko, Krav, Fox, Laf, Miller, Igor) Can't keep everyone. It's still a business and for a player without a contract that has leverage for a pay day, this return isn't that bad. And a second next year is pretty good too. Deeper draft. Some people get too attached to players and it clouds judgement. I am guilty of that too, but you got to remain as objective as possible.

You’re right except about this being “not bad” value. It’s really bad. A first line winger for a fourth line winger and a second is bad.

 

[Taluss]

So we feeling that its more of a possibility Eichel is a Ranger tn?

 

[DutchShamrock]

Didn't realize Buch was Venezuelan currency and tough bottom 6 players were bitcoin. The mistakes on this are clearly re-traceable to other obvious mistakes.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Blais is a good bottom 6 player and signed to a good contract and will be RFA next summer. Buch is coming off an anomaly of a season where he played lights out for half of it and is probably going to get a larger contract than the Rangers can afford with other players, especially wingers, coming along. (Kakko, Krav, Fox, Laf, Miller, Igor) Can't keep everyone. It's still a business and for a player without a contract that has leverage for a pay day, this return isn't that bad. And a second next year is pretty good too. Deeper draft. Some people get too attached to players and it clouds judgement. I am guilty of that too, but you got to remain as objective as possible.

All of this is true.

This is still a bad trade value wise.

 

[duhmetreE]

We're overpaying to get the players we want and try to emulate Tampa's success.

Yes, the value in the moves suck. If we win, what does it matter?

 

[RangerBoy]

This is JG's fault for giving Kreider that deal.

f***ing Covid.

 

[Zibanejbread]

It rhymes with Schmeichel

Blais or a 22 2nd doesn't help get him at all... and we have the space for him at the moment, as is, so it still doesn't make sense.

 

[DialUp]

These trades and signings, in a vacuum, will have bad optics. Drury doesn't have a lot of leverage here.