Confirmed Trade: [CAR/MIN] Nino Niederreiter for Victor Rask

[Machinehead]

Horrendous for Minnesota.

Nino was the Kreider of the West.

 

[crowi]

Rask had 45 points two season ago and Nino had 57, Nino is on a long-ass contract and plays wing, Rask plays center and makes less. I don't see either team fleeced the other.

"long-ass contract" - both signed for the same period of time.

 

[Bronson]

"long-ass contract" - both signed for the same period of time.

And that's a long-ass time.

 

[sparxx87]

Wow, am I missing something? Nino has his warts but he’s a much better player.

You take this and run if you’re Carolina.

 

[crowi]

And that's a long-ass time.

Long-ass bs is what it is.

 

[Bronson]

Long-ass bs is what it is.

That's certainly true.

 

[TheDoldrums]

If Rask turns into an offensive star after leaving Carolina, just fold the franchise

 

[Machinehead]

What happened to Rask?

Underlying stats always pointed to the production being unsustainable.

 

[YP44]

I don't get it...maybe frees up some space for another Wild move?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Why did Minnesota do this?

 

[ref19]

Horrendous for Minnesota.

Nino was the Kreider of the West.

Kreider of the west lol. What is that? not living up to expectations?

 

[AKL]

Why did Minnesota do this?

Because Nino has become a 4th line winger on this roster, getting passed by two 21 year old rookies (Kunin and Greenway) and a guy who has never played a game for us before (Aberg). At least with this deal we get a bottom 6 center instead of a bottom 6 winger.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Could the fact that Rask finished last year with an injury, and then cut his hand in September, leading to missing training camp and preseason have anything to do with his performance this year?

He was really bad all of last season, too.

 

[AKL]

Kreider of the west lol. What is that? not living up to expectations?

It's a reference to his advanced stats that suggest he's better than he actually is.

 

[Vimpelin Voima]

Wow, am I missing something? Nino has his warts but he’s a much better player.

You take this and run if you’re Carolina.

That's what they did...

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

I think Carolina won that trade. Thought Nino Niederreiter had more value than that, will be very valuable for Carolina.

 

[57special]

Because Nino has become a 4th line winger on this roster, getting passed by two 21 year old rookies (Kunin and Greenway) and a guy who has never played a game for us before (Aberg). At least with this deal we get a bottom 6 center instead of a bottom 6 winger.

except that's not true. He's played what, a couple of games on the 4th line, when BB was changing everyone up in order to get the team going? Kunin and Greenway haven't passed anyone up at this point. You're making stuff up.

 

[Brock Radunske]

I'd rather Nino but they're both considered cap dumps IMO. Hopefully they can turn it around with their new teams.

 

[ref19]

It's a reference to his advanced stats that suggest he's better than he actually is.

ahh I see. The eye test isn't wrong in this case.

 

[Newsworthy]

Because Nino has become a 4th line winger on this roster, getting passed by two 21 year old rookies (Kunin and Greenway) and a guy who has never played a game for us before (Aberg). At least with this deal we get a bottom 6 center instead of a bottom 6 winger.

Aberg could have been had for free on more than one occasion. On the otherhand Nino is a former top 5 draft pick who is only a couple years removed from a huge year.

 

[Machinehead]

Kreider of the west lol. What is that? not living up to expectations?

An extremely well-rounded first line winger.

 

[IceBoxHockey]

Trade a bad player for a good player, cue hf posters saying “wait for them to play more games!”

Don’t make predictions when you’ve been right 9/10 times folks... That 1/10 will never be forgotten

Where’s the good player? Not saying Rask is better than Nino but Nino has not been good for the past 2 years.

 

[crowi]

I'd rather Nino but they're both considered cap dumps IMO. Hopefully they can turn it around with their new teams.

I agree. Also will have to remember this comment when Zaitsev is offered.

 

[IceBoxHockey]

An extremely well-rounded first line winger.

I don’t think any wild fan will say Nino is a first line player. He has struggled mightily.

 

[RodTheBawd]

Could the fact that Rask finished last year with an injury, and then cut his hand in September, leading to missing training camp and preseason have anything to do with his performance this year?

All reports were that he had a really solid offseason and was poised for a bounce back year. Then he cut his hand. It's tough to get back up to speed (just look at Nylander), but he looks even slower and more useless, which I didn't think was possible.