Ottawa doesn’t retain on players to add value, hell they wouldn’t even trade within their division with Hoffman for more value, and that didn’t cost any additional money.
We are so thin on RW it’s better to just keep him for another season. The value we get back for trading 1.75 years of Brown now compared .5 years of Brown at the deadline next year is offset by his one year service here.
We probably won’t even get additional value, we probably get the same return if we trade him now or then. And if there’s more value, again it’s offset by a year and a bit of service.
Not taking about retaining for 5 years, but next year the rangers cap is going to be tight. The following year they should be in better shape when they are able to trade 1 of trouba/kreider, gets some low buyout money back, and hopefully the cap will go up 3-4 mill.
This year the rangers have plenty of cap space available. So if they do swing any type of significant trade, I can see them paying a little more to have some team eat some cap this/next year. Priority Being mainly next season.
I do think OTT is def 1 of the teams that remains highly interested in Kravtsov, and if they swing a deal with NYR, they’d love to have him in the package.
Due to his size/skill combo, and the fact that he’s a RW, he’d fit like a glove with what OTT is building over there.
Especially if they don’t have to part with any of their young top 6-7 guys and Greig/Boucher.
Kravstov s value is def not the same as when he was taken 9 OVA, but it’s tough to gauge because he’s not really a bust or a reclamation project. He’d prob be playing top 6 min with panarin and strome if he didn’t bolt to Russia and report to Hartford.
Drury isn’t just going to give him away with all those years of control left. He’s worth more then what Lias brought back due to his higher ceiling and playing well in the K, but he’s def not bringing back a 1st, even a late one on his own.
That’s why I think he’ll be an add in/sweetener on a larger trade perhaps.