If they miss the playoffs two straight years they have bigger issues than sweating out the 2026 lottery since they’re all getting fired anyway. And if they don’t it’s not like they’re using that pick as anything other than trade bait regardless.
So if the trade goes bad it doesn't matter because Drury would be fired anyway? What kind of logic is that? If the trade sets the organization back multiple years that'd still be a horrible trade, whether Drury is around to clean up the mess or not.
I’m saying you can’t use the extreme worst case scenario to say a trade is bad, I could do it the other way and say Miller remains an impact player for 3-4 years and all they gave up was an injury prone middle sixer and a mid round first, tbh that worst case is a lot more likely to happen or at least closer to the median than the whole OMG they gave up a 2026 lottery pick and star in Chytil HF alarmism. I’m not trying to make the case they gave up pick #32 but that’s about as likely as giving up a top three pick in 2026
Where did I use the worst case scenario to say the trade was bad? I even said in my comment even if the 1st round pick ends up being a mid 1st rounder that’s still good value considering a team is paying for Miller’s age 32-37 seasons.
My point is that San Jose and Ottawa at that point were better positioned to compete than this current Rangers squad and added players in the primes of their career and still fell off a cliff and lost top 5 draft picks in the process and are still rebuilding until today. Yet for some reason you think there's very little chance/risk that a 32 year old JT Miller on a squad with Panarin, Zibanejad, Kreider and Trocheck all over 30 (And all underperforming from past seasons performances) can face that same decline.
Heinen's been pretty bad this season and is signed for next season at $2.25M. He's more of a cap dump than an asset.
They got rid of two cap dumps in Heinen and Desharnais, and added the best rental defenseman on the market and a solid bottom 6 winger in O'Connor. They clearly still want to compete with Quinn and Pettersson in their primes.
Are you suggesting a Quinn Hughes for Bastian trade after he changes his name? I think its good value but Vancouver may have to add a little.
Oh please. That’s me with my street gang “The Golden Path Players”. We are feared at golf courses all over Southern Florida - but only once the prices go down for Twilight rates.
