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

[Embryo]

Can Blais take on Tom Wilson 1v1?

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

Sucks that there really isn’t room for Buch here but that’s the cap world. Teams know the Rangers had to deal him and you get what you get. Blais can play and he shores up the bottom 6. Rangers still getting harder to play against.

They didn't HAVE to deal him RIGHT NOW. He's probably worth more at the trade deadline after another good season.

 

[Baby Duck Homme]

Well, trying to find the positives.....He does hit a lot. He was 9th in the league in hits per 60 minutes among players who played more than 30 games last season.

With the way MSG keeps stats he will lead the league next year.

 

[Tob]

Hate to think what Jack Johnson D Strome will bring back in. trade now.

Fisty Hammerhand

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

This team is worse.

Not necessarily. Guys can improve with more ice time and more than replace Buchnevich.

But again, that doesn't make this a good deal.

 

[JHS]

I agree that he maybe was a tad overrated and inconsistent but he had not stagnated. This was his best season.

Again, he had a very good year last year but I have a hard time seeing how anyone whose watched Buch for his entire Ranger career could realistically think he’s going to perform better than he did last year. Platueauing might have been a better choice of words. It’s been a while since I posted here an forgot how semantical discussions become here.

 

[will1066]

So that's two players in Fox's Norris congrats video who are now gone. Like some cyber-horror movie plot.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

When do we sign Danault for 7M for 6 years?

 

[mas0764]

So glad this team has decided it doesn't need a center to ever play with Kakko or Lafreniere.

 

[Jauffre]

Strike one for Chris Dreary but I still hope he has a nice weekend.

 

[Machinehead]

When do we sign Danault for 7M for 6 years?

Don't do that to me. I can't fight this whole board.

 

[JHS]

He may regress, that's been my impression of Buchenvich as well. He was 1 year away at the same production to be seen as a 1st line forward with the production to match. It's not up for argument that we sold at the worst possible price.

Right- that’s a different discussion though. He should have been moved at the deadline last season but then again, we were “pushing” for the playoffs….

 

[Black Aces]

Again, he had a very good year last year but I have a hard time seeing how anyone whose watched Buch for his entire Ranger career could realistically think he’s going to perform better than he did last year. Platueauing might have been a better choice of words. It’s been a while since I posted here an forgot how semantical discussions become here.

Well a plateau is ok if it is at a high level. I have no problem with Panarins plateau right now. Buch was a near PPG player. You could question that he doesn't approach that again.

 

[NYRFAN218]

This is an objectively bad deal. There's no way around it. As alluded to earlier, no issue with the players the Rangers are bringing in but the price they're paying for them is obscene.

I really hope that big trade (Eichel) is coming and at a good price because if it's not, then this trade makes even less sense given it didn't even involve a pick from tonight's draft. I'd find it hard to believe they couldn't get this value or better later on.

 

[McRanger92]

Sad to see Buch go but the writing was on the wall with the Kreider contract+Lafreniere+flat clap. Laf/Kakko/Kravtsov should be able to replace his production with bigger roles. Blais coud be a useful bottom 6 piece, he was very good for St. Louis when they won the Cup.

Bad return in a vacuum but Drury has to have something else up his sleeve

 

[Machinehead]

So that's two players in Fox's Norris congrats video who are now gone. Like some cyber-horror movie plot.

But one of them was Howden who is a negative and cancels out Buch. We have traded zero players in that video.

 

[Tob]

Bold move for Drury to take the Bergevin approach of throwing away a good regular season team in favor of a good playoff style team. A first year GM emulating a dude that's literally announce his retirement as being 1 year from now.

 

[Doctyl]

So glad this team has decided it doesn't need a center to ever play with Kakko or Lafreniere.

Buch didn’t play center

 

[brakeyawself]

Yeah all I had was that "wat" image spinning in my head for a while.

This has to be Dolan trying to make a splash and playing with a toy he just remembered he had. Not only did Wilson directly lead to the firing of Gorton and Davidson, but it also led to Dolan paying attention and wanting to be a part of it. And this is what we're getting. There's no more buffer. He doesn't care. He doesn't understand this shit at all. I don't even think I can be mad at Drury, I don't think he has a choice. Dolan gave him full power for a reason. To do what ever the f*** Dolan wants him to do. Which apparently is "get tougher" and trade skill for nothing so we can try to get Eichel or some shit. One of Miller or Lundkvist is gone for sure. I just feel it. Just as we were building a solid young D corps and a better team identity. Even if the return was good, which we all know it's not, it's downright robbery, trading f***ing Buch was not the answer. Now we've got uh... Kravstov and Kakko on the right? Beautiful. They're super ready. Yep. I imagine one of them will be going too. Grinders up and down the lineup, hurray!

We're f***ed.

I hope you are incredibly wrong. But you are probably partially correct. I don't see them moving one of Lundqvist, or Miller though, or even Jones.

And I see Kakko and Strome as our top 6 RW with Kravtsov as our 3RW and Chytil as our 2C now.

 

[Trueblue30]

Again, he had a very good year last year but I have a hard time seeing how anyone whose watched Buch for his entire Ranger career could realistically think he’s going to perform better than he did last year. Platueauing might have been a better choice of words. It’s been a while since I posted here an forgot how semantical discussions become here.

Buch had a great season but we get absolute pond scum for him. Risto who also is a UFA in a year has one of the worst seasons in recent memory and teams are banging down the door to give up 1sts and 2nds.

idk maybe something is wrong with the nhl , maybe 75 percent of GM’s are just dark age morons

 

[Priorae]

From a money perspective its basically cost savings, Goodrow, Blaise and a second for Buch. I still don't think the return is enough there. But that's how I'm trying to justify it in my mind.

 

[duhmetreE]

Yeah but Buch WAS top-6 grind no?

The guy was one of the chippiest forwards on the team and gamed out during the bubble, and he probably wouldve grown into that even more under Gallant.

This is a poor excuse.

ehhhhhh. I wouldn't call Buch a top6 grinder. He was effective but he's not the guy you win with in the playoffs imo. More shifty than anything.

The value was terrible there's no defending that. He just wasn't going to get paid here.

 

[brakeyawself]

I am excited about Sammy Blaise. Hopefully he can thrive here.

rofl..... Go back under your bridge troll....

 

[Doctyl]

I hope you are incredibly wrong. But you are probably partially correct. I don't see them moving one of Lundqvist, or Miller though, or even Jones.

And I see Kakko and Strome as our top 6 RW with Kravtsov as our 3RW and Chytil as our 2C now.

I still pray Strome is bait

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

cap clearing or not
Kakko/Kravtsov needs more ice time or not
Rangers need to get tougher or not.

The value SUCKS. It's horrible asset management, its like buying a home for $150K to sell it for $100K