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

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[Machinehead]

Gorton traded for Brendan Lemieux, drafted Lias Andersson, signed Micheal Haley, signed Cody McLeod, traded for Adam McQuaid, gave Trouba a massive contract, targeted Brett Howden from Tampa, doubled down on the coach who loved Howden, and doubled down on the coach who was playing Kevin Rooney over Kaapo Kakko.

To say "Gorton doesn't do this" is major revision. Gorton sacrificed for grit all the time. The only difference is that 90% of the grit Gorton wanted were non-NHL players.

 

[mike14]

Could have just kept Fast for 4-year $2.4M and kept Buch for $6.65M instead of Goodrow and Blais. What a f***ing disaster. Bunch of suit wearing Neanderthals. Big daddy silverback dolan with geriatric gorilla slats and chimp boy drury fetching their bananas.

Blaming Drury for Fast seems like a bit of a stretch...

 

[JimmyG89]

Legit pain invoking trade. Can't be the best they could have gotten. Blais is a whatever player. Sure, he won a cup with St. Louis, but you don't trade Buch to get him.

Makes me f***ing sick.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

I would venture that the mindset is they already have a lot of the upper end talent in place or coming of age. They aren't necessarily wrong. But man we have to be able to extract more value than this. I don't care how targeted a player is. You maximize value.

100% agree with this.

I understand moving Buchnevich was always going to be on the horizon just due to the tons of young wing talent we have. Blias is a good pick up for the bottom 6. Both of those things are true. But trading Buch for Blias and a 2nd is just bad value.


I hope Buch signs a huge contract because if he signs a fair deal then this is going to hurt even more.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

Wait, Garland got 9 overall? LOL

 

[nsvoyageurs]

Sather/Drury must think this is 1975 going up against the Broad Street Bullies. This is the only way this trade makes an iota of sense.

 

[Kodiak]

I would venture that the mindset is they already have a lot of the upper end talent in place or coming of age. They aren't necessarily wrong. But man we have to be able to extract more value than this. I don't care how targeted a player is. You maximize value.

Yeah, with the cap how it is, you really need a pipeline of talent coming up to replenish the lineup when players get too expensive to hold on to. That's what these types of deals should do: restock the system through acquiring picks and prospects. It feels like Buch didn't fit in with Drury's vision so he gave him away for pennies on the dollar.

 

[Doctyl]

I guess Tom Wilson really was the motive behind all the turnover

 

[Tob]

We have now officially repaid the hockey gods for the two lottery wins. That plus hopefully Drury steps in wet dog shit on his way home and steps into his car without realizing.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Haha, yeah, maybe that's it. Maybe Drury is trying to get this team to resemble the inaugural Golden Knights team and expect Gallant to work his magic once again.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Wait, Garland got 9 overall? LOL

OEL and Garland.

Which doesn't make it better because OEL is bad now.

 

[NYRangers0723]

That extra kick to the nuts eh?!?!

. Drury should have gotten a conditional first if he resigns or something.

 

[Tob]

Blaming Drury for Fast seems like a bit of a stretch...

I'm blaming Gorton for that. Two part thought process. Just all over the place.

 

[brakeyawself]

And I thought maybe we could get a Thomas and a Blais or a Sanford. Maybe the market was crap for Buch?

I would have been ok with Thomas and like a 3rd. Or even just Blues 2022 1st by itself. I really had hoped we were somehow getting Schenn, assuming we would give up more than just Buch obviously. But that was a pipe dream.

Thomas though absolutely seems a reasonable return, at least in hypothesized potential. Heck, even Klim Kostin and a 2nd would have felt better.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Didnt they do away with the conditionals? Or did I dream that

Oh right. Well, then get another 2nd, dammit.

i understand the direction. I’m OKAY with the direction. The value sucks.

 

[Machinehead]

Wait, Garland got 9 overall? LOL

Guess that was never happening. I wouldn't have paid that.

Not to mention OEL is coming back which is huge negative value. Don't love that for Vancouver tbh.

 

[RGY]

 

[BobMarleyNYR]

Immense loss... This is a first line forward; arrogant, Sather kind of move-- seems terrible at first, you eat your words for a couple seasons but it really gets you nowhere.

 

[Platano King]

This makes me believe in the 15th for Deslausiers rumor now. NHL teams across the league are probably lining up to pillage our young talent from the clowns in the front office.

Step right up for the Madison Square Garden Circus presented by Glen and Chris! Where else can you get Kravstov for Brandon Tanev and Lundkvist for David Savard! Step right up, step right up!

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Wait, Garland got 9 overall? LOL

And we couldn’t even get a mid first for him

 

[brakeyawself]

The only positive I guess is Kravy and Kakko should see a lot more icetime and hopefully some pp time. Hopefully.Blais and Goodrow should not get in the way of that.
The key now is to not trade away any of our young players! NONE.

I think this might mean Chytil sees more ice time instead of one of Kakko/Kravtsov (i assume Kravtsov might stay on the 3rd line). Moving Chytil to 2C with Strome on his wing makes the most sense to me for now. But I would have rather seen Kravtsov at 2RW.

 

[Edge]

So here's the duality of this roster, it's not a terrible top 9 by any stretch:

Lafrenière-Zibanejad-Kakko
Panarin-Chytil-Kravtsov
Kreider/Barron-Goodrow-Blais

The problem isn't what we're constructing, it's the price we're paying for materials.

 

[ElLeetch]

f*** my ass hole raw.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Gorton traded for Brendan Lemieux, drafted Lias Andersson, signed Micheal Haley, signed Cody McLeod, traded for Adam McQuaid, gave Trouba a massive contract, targeted Brett Howden from Tampa, doubled down on the coach who loved Howden, and doubled down on the coach who was playing Kevin Rooney over Kaapo Kakko.

To say "Gorton doesn't do this" is major revision. Gorton sacrificed for grit all the time. The only difference is that 90% of the grit Gorton wanted were non-NHL players.

I’m going with this rationale because there’s nothing we can do about it