Confirmed with Link: Buch traded to STL for Blais + 2nd (2022)

[will1066]

Not like this.

POTD

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

What's with this "bigger deal" shit? A second round pick isn't moving the needle for anyone.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Idk there’s no point on moving Kreider now that Buch has been traded for scraps

only reason I would have moved Kreider was to keep Buch

 

[FireGerardGallant]

So now you actually can't trade Kravstov and whoever else is supposed to take over for Buch.

Unless they sign Hyman I guess

 

[Tob]

Clearly management doesn't like Buchnevich for whatever reason. Did the antic Buch threw in the revenge game against the Caps set Dolan off into telling Drury to jettison Buch no matter what?

 

[zlev]

it's a bad trade but Gorton necessitated this move by giving Kreider that stupid contract

 

[BlueOil]

Is it pronounced like "Blaze"?
If so at least his nickname can be Ghost Rider...

pronounced "blay"

 

[Fataldogg]

I'm glad Panarin is going to get to play with a bunch of tough bottom feeders next year. Absolute joke. He has a career total of 35 points. Buchnevich had 48 in 54 last season, and is a beast on the PK. What are you doing Drury? What an absolute idiot.

 

[amjay13]

As a Caps fan I am glad he is gone, guy scared the shit out of me every time he was on the ice. Helluva player, thought he would fetch more.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

I like the Goodrow move. And I understand direction here. But the value is f***ing Fletcher-worthy. How do you not get a 1st if the only other piece is Blais? At least make it conditional on Buch’s re-signing…

 

[bl02]

I think The Rangers were/Are enamored the way the Blues and the Lightning played during their cup runs and Blais/Goodrow helped in playing that heavy game.
Fine. I think our quota of getting some tough pain in the ass guys to play should be good.
Buch was gone anyway he wasn't resigning here for 6 plus million annually.
Now I would prefer to not make anymore trades. Just have a good draft weekend with the 6 or 7 picks we have in the first 4 rounds.

 

[Backstreets Back]

So much for Drury being considered a rising star/phenom I guess.

Drury is a rising star in the world of CTE and that's about it.

 

[Edge]

Will he be moved for a career fourth liner and a third?

The honest answer is yes that's a possibility.

Right now I see the Rangers trying to construct a bottom six with guys who have specific roles and attribiutes. So you're looking at Goodrow, Blais, {insert name}.

The idea itself isn't wrong or flawed. It's finding the right players and getting them at reasonable prices.

 

[Black Aces]

So what the f*** is next? Kakko, Fox, and Laf for Eichel? f***ing Dolan couldn’t keep his nose out for one more year

You think Dolan knows who Blais is?

 

[Blueblood9]

This franchise is a f***ing joke. Fire people that know what theyre doing and return to the Slat ways. This is stupidity in its highest form. We basically got a bag of pucks and used rags for a 1st line wingers.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

What did he get for McDonagh and Miller? I mean the trade is absolutely underwhelming but I don't know that it's a given that there was the opportunity to get much--if anything--more than he did.

And yeah we could have held onto him until the TDL, but what do you do then? Trade him when we're hopefully in a playoff race and he's a big part of it?

Trade sucks but maybe the market for Buchnevich wasn't what we would expect it to be.

Apparently. Surprising. It wouldve been nice to at least get a 1st for him, that being the centerpiece.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Imagine thinking the way to revamp the bottom-6 is to overpay Barclay Goodrow and trade one of the best RW in the league for a 4th liner.

 

[charliemurphy]

I guess giving Kreider the bag pretty much sent Buch out of town. You can’t say it didn’t. Couldn’t have a $6.5M third line Kreider. I think Drury had no choice. Worst kept secret that Rangers couldn’t afford Buchnevich if they’re going to pay their RFA’s, kids, and be in on another stud C.

I think Kreider became a 3rd liner as soon as that ping pong ball popped up last year.

 

[RGY]

Drury royally f***ed this one up. Trading Buch is not the problem. Trading him and not getting fair value is. Pathetic and embarrassing.

The only explanation is Drury said f*** it let me take the best offer to move the salary out as i line up the next move.

 

[Rongomania]

DISSAPOINTED

 

[Black Aces]

All this team should have done is just kept steering the rebuild. You can get Goodrow for a 7th to toughen up a bit? Fine.

But we are about to go off the god damn rails just to try to win with Kreider-Panarin-Zibanejad.

It's f***ing embarrassing. Those three are not good enough to be the core of a Cup champion.

Build around Kakko and Laf morons!

Moving Buch moves Kakko up the lineup

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Unless this is a salary dump for Eichel, Drury can f*** off for this shit.

Even if this is a salary dump, it's not great.

Sammy Blais is worth a 3rd or 4th round pick at most. This seems like an overreaction to get more physical. I don't mind Blais, but not at the expense of Buchnevich. That's just bad.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

The number of people he is conferring with is apparently much smaller than the previous regime.

He hasn't even hired an assistant GM. Who is in his inner circle? Mike Grier and whom?

 

[gravey9]

The problem is the value.

yup. damn. this is a really underwhelming trade. a 2nd round pick and a 4th liner with okay impact.

 

[brakeyawself]

If that was the best offer, I keep him. Move Strome.

100% agree with this. Only way this is making any sense is if Strome becomes our RW for Chytil.

 

[Platano King]

You think Dolan knows who Blais is?

No, but Dolan is the moron who fired one of the best front offices in the NHL for Glen “Steve Mills” Sather and some inexperienced f*** best known for finessing us a decade ago all because we were a few points out from a playoff spot.