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

[Daves a mess]

Drury a week ago....

"Buch... What will it take to sign you? "

Buch... " 6.6 ×7 with full NMC".

Drury.........

 

[wafflepadsave]

This is why 99 percent of trade proposals are fantasy land.
Having said that please stop trading now.
Goodrow is a C trade. Unless Blais becomes some wrecking ball power forward this trade has to be a D.

Stop now just pick 15th and call it a day

They won’t stop until they get a big name to make a splash.

 

[will1066]

He is a complementary player. The overreaction is ridiculous, but expected.

That really doesn't diminish his value, being a complementary player. No one expected a haul that would have blown away the Verazzano Bridge, but the return is quite underwhelming.

 

[Flan the incredible]

You don’t think if there was a better offer that Drury would have taken the better offer?

If there was not better offers sign him for 1 year and trade him at the deadline. That would of been better asset management then giving him away for nothing. Go read the Blues board they are giddy....its terrible asset management. Brutal

 

[Machinehead]

Last year, Kakko was an extreme cycle player on the most extreme rush team in the league. That's not conducive to scoring points. Lafreniere was also close to extreme cycle, although I imagine he does both well at his peak.

I'm not saying play them with Blais, but shifting the overall attitude of this team is going to help them. They're our top talents and they're both big boys who don't exactly move like Bure.

 

[wafflepadsave]

Blais has posted 14 goals and 28 points in his last 76 games. Let's assume for a second that the Rangers see a guy who can score 15-18 goals and net 30-35 points. Let's assume they see him as a third line wing who plays with Goodrow. That's fine. There's nothing wrong with that. Both guys fit that role and have some vluable playoff experience.

There's nothing wrong with that. The challenge is that Blais is ideally the complementary component of a deal for Buch, not the main component.

In other words, he's the Brendan Lemieux or Brandon Prust of the deal. That's what is missing here, the main component for him to compliment.

But, Drury is assembling his bottom six. So that's where the mindset is coming from.

Maybe we’ll tarasenko at a discount later on.

 

[SRHRangers]

Well, it always comes in 3s

6 year deal for a guy that doesn't score 10 goals.

Buch for 45 cents on the dollar.

Prepare your anus for Eichel for Kakko/Nils and 2 1st round draft picks.

 

[Ori]

I’ve only ever owned three player t-shirts and Buch was one of them. I’ll miss em.

I know we are in a really hard division and it seems to me already that Drury doubt that we will make the playoffs this season so obvious with this trade - so they sent Buch on a plane for a future and to save cap. space.

Is the plan to sign Eichel from Buffalo with 21.8 mil cap space?

My thoughts at the moment: The whole rebuild is delayed and Kreider, Panarin with NMC type of contracts until 2026 and wingers (LW position). Panarin is 29 Kreider is 30 already. Important to keep youth in hockey and I thought the center position was important in NHL.

I hope our 2022 2nd draft pick is a really, really promising player, because maybe Drury did not believe in this current team to reach playoffs next season, and it is much harder now with Buch in St. Louis.

 

[SA16]

Better offer is subjective. I can see them going with Blais over a better player because muh #toffness.

I doubt there was a much better offer. I'm sure Blais was someone he targeted but I would be shocked if he turned down an offer including a first round pick to get this deal. Waiting would have obviously been preferably given this package but to be fair it is no guarantee the return is better at the deadline. He could get hurt. He could have a down season. Given a return like this I would have preferred to wait because it's not like he would have passed up a huge return.

 

[xsniper11x]

Not a fan of the trade either, but for those saying “why not just deal him at the deadline” are discounting the fact a GM is going to lock themselves out from making a deal if we’re in PO position. In all likelihood if we kept him, we’re self renting him at the deadline.

Also, if we kept him, we’d also be complaining about how little ice time Kakko, Krav and Goodrow are getting. The return stinks, but there are more factors at play that cost the Rangers leverage and the league knew it.

 

[wafflepadsave]

Kreider can be next.

But hall signed in Boston so that’s out.

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

Terrible trade, ugh....

 

[jay from jersey]

The question is whether Drury talks Buffalo down on the price for Eichel.

I don't see them moving a RW for Eichel after moving Buch.

At this point they'd be shooting for Lundkvist, Chytil, Jones/Robertson and a first.

Strome would be flipped for replenishing assets or a LD.

You'd end up with

Laf/Eichel/Kakko
Panarin/Mika/Kravtsov
Kreider/Goodrow/Blais
Barron/Rooney/Gauthier

Not for nothing but that’s a talented killer line up. Would be very hard to play against

 

[wafflepadsave]

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

Yzerman now licking his chops!

 

[SRHRangers]

Points aren't everything. He is an elite 3rd line left winger. And will allow us to lock up other players like Zibby, Laffy, Fox, Kakko..
This is a salary cap world, you can't compare Blais to Buch one for one. You need to incorporate contracts. Blais at $1.5 with a couple more years of control is more valuable than Buch with one year till free agency.
This is a good trade... Take a step from the ledge and relax.

Give me the phone number for your weed guy please.

 

[jay from jersey]

That really doesn't diminish his value, being a complementary player. No one expected a haul that would have blown away the Verazzano Bridge, but the return is quite underwhelming.

I agree. However, It just puts into perspective the cost to obtain a D or center compared to the plethora of available wingers. By far the easiest most abundant to trade for

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I agree. However, It just puts into perspective the cost to obtain a D or center compared to the plethora of available wingers. By far the easiest most abundant to trade for

Also reputation and pedigree matters.

It shouldn't, but thats the world we live in.

 

[Off Sides]

My take, I'll spare everyone the long version, this sucks.

 

[SRHRangers]

I agree. However, It just puts into perspective the cost to obtain a D or center compared to the plethora of available wingers. By far the easiest most abundant to trade for

Connor Garland brought more in a deal than Buch.

There is no spin to this one.

This is Isiah Thomas as Knicks GM level shit.

 

[wafflepadsave]

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

Bern?

 

[jay from jersey]

But hall signed in Boston so that’s out.

Am i missing something? Did the rangers ask Kreids to waive or something? How are they gona trade him?

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Prepare your anus for Eichel for Kakko/Nils and 2 1st round draft picks.

Don't make me f*** up my savings by flying to NYC and rioting.

 

[wafflepadsave]

Am i missing something? Did the rangers ask Kreids to waive or something? How are they gona trade him?

No, I think @Edge was holding out hope.

 

[jay from jersey]

Connor Garland brought more in a deal than Buch.

There is no spin to this one.

This is Isiah Thomas as Knicks GM level shit.

Meh not really. That aOEL deal is rough. A ton of moving parts to that deal. I would have liked to see what Garland would have brought back straight up.
I’m not saying I’m crazy about the deal, or happy to see Buch go. I really think we could have gotten a 10-19 1st straight up like we did with Skjei. But I’m not ready to call it the worst return ever either

 

[SRHRangers]

Me right now after the Buch trade.