News Article: Georgiev requests trade

[EdJovanovski]

It’s only a matter of time Panarin asks to be traded without his Russian buddies

People made fun of me for saying it lol but I think the Buch trade was a huge blow to the lockerroom, by all available reports the team was furious. I don’t think Panarin cares about seeing Georgiev go though lol, if you look through their Instagrams it’s almost as if Georgiev isn’t even friends with anyone on the team. Panarin, Buch & Shesterkin are really close friends. Now if Shesterkin left I could see Panarin throwing a fit. Hopefully he can forge a friendship with Kravtsov too. You see them interacting quite a bit during warmups & such. Kravtsov & Shesterkin used to interact a lot in the KHL when they played each other too, I remember one of the last games of the season seeing them after the game talking to eachother and laughing

 

[eco's bones]

I’m fine moving on from Georgiev and all but I’m wondering what the f***ing plan is? Let Igor play 70 games (he’s never played more than 51 games in a season and that was several seasons ago) and either Kinkaid or Huska the other dozen? and FWIW either or both of them could be worse. It also begs the question what if Igor were to get hurt? because the season could ride on that. Some years ago Mike Richter was hurt and because we didn’t have a reliable backup we ended up getting bent over by Nashville in a trade for Mike Dunham and no we didn’t make the playoffs.

 

[eco's bones]

People made fun of me for saying it lol but I think the Buch trade was a huge blow to the lockerroom, by all available reports the team was furious. I don’t think Panarin cares about seeing Georgiev go though lol, if you look through their Instagrams it’s almost as if Georgiev isn’t even friends with anyone on the team. Panarin, Buch & Shesterkin are really close friends. Now if Shesterkin left I could see Panarin throwing a fit. Hopefully he can forge a friendship with Kravtsov too. You see them interacting quite a bit during warmups & such. Kravtsov & Shesterkin used to interact a lot in the KHL when they played each other too, I remember one of the last games of the season seeing them after the game talking to eachother and laughing

Georgiev May be Russian but he came up through the Finnish TPS Turku program—the same as Kakko and Pajuniemi. When Kakko first came over he was a familiar face.

I really don’t know what’s going on in the locker room and I don’t think anyone else on these boards actually knows a whole lot either. The Rangers weren’t able to control the narrative of the set to between Alex and Tony and some detail leaked out. If Alex wants out that’s fine but we’re going to need to figure out the backup to Igor and IMO I have some doubt about Kinkaid or even whether Huska is ready for the NHL.

As for the Rangers locker room my sense is it’s been way too f***ing comfortable. We needed a makeover. Our team has been way too soft.

 

[Machinehead]

I was speculating that Tony may have had some friends in the room that would make an occasional joke when Georgie let up a lot of goals. It isn't like Shesty stopped him from playing. His bad play stopped him from playing more. Shesty only started 31 of the 56 games.

Shesty got hurt and Quinn was really married to having two goalies for no reason.

I expect the roles to be a lot more clear-cut now.

 

[Rempe73]

Once he gets traded, it’s addition by subtraction. Funny that he thinks he can actually be a starter somewhere else. Or maybe something else is wrong in NY?

 

[Rempe73]

Yeah pretty much. He's good enough to work in an equal tandem IMO.

Where you watching the same games I was? Lol

 

[I Eat Crow]

Once he gets traded, it’s addition by subtraction. Funny that he thinks he can actually be a starter somewhere else. Or maybe something else is wrong in NY?

The locker room was a shit show all season. Quinn let it happen. Gorton shoulders some of the blame too by leaving a leadership vacuum in the room losing Hank, Staal, and Fast in one offseason.

Personally, after the Georgiev/DeAngelo fight, they would have both been off the team after that night if I was calling the shots. Rangers could have gotten by on Shesty/Kinkaid for the year.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Shesty got hurt and Quinn was really married to having two goalies for no reason.

I expect the roles to be a lot more clear-cut now.

If Georgie played well I'm pretty sure he would have played more last season. He has played well at times but over all he was not good last season in my opinion.

 

[n8]

NY Rangers Trade
Alexandar Georgiev $2,425,000 RFA in 2022/23

To the Edmonton Oilers For
Jesse Puljularvi RW $1,175,000 RFA in 2022/23

The why- For the NY Rangers Puljujarvi gives them a 6'4 big bodied winger who can fly. He started to put it together last year after a very dissapointing start in an Edmonton Oilers sweater. Change of scenery for Jesse adds another Countryman for Kakko for some familiarity.
For the Edmonton Oilers, they currently have 2 netminders signed. Thier respective ages combine at 72 years old. Koskinen is 33, Mike Smith is 39. Geo can challenge for the #1 spot over there.

There is no way Edmonton does this without us take Koskinen and his $4M+ cap.
There may be a reason from EDM to get Georgiev but there is zero reason for EDM to trade Pool party who started coming into his own as a functional player (although his point total for playing with McD is lack-luster but 15 goals IS 15 goals. Without dropping Koskinen, there is just no cap space. Mike Smith resigned on the cheap but that would still be almost $9M in cap to goalies.

Koskinen + draft picks for Georgiev is more realistic.

 

[egelband]

His issue the entire time was looking too much like a young Peter Postlethwaite. He couldn't be taken seriously.

The elephant in the room. I’m glad someone finally had the guts to say it out loud.

 

[nyr2k2]

I'm sure guys were pissed when Buchnevich was traded. Happens all the time when a popular teammate is moved. Guys get over it. It's a business. If someone is going to pout over a friend being traded and let it affect his game then we have bigger problems with that player.

 

[Edge]

Been saying since last year that he should’ve been moved, Lundqvist playing to end of contract, etc…

Now we’ve got another year of Lundqvist’s buyout on the books and Georgiev’s value in the toilet with no leverage since he requested a trade. Another asset’s value run into the ground

Lundqvist also didn't have a desire to come here and be the backup.

The decision to move him was not one sided at all.

 

[Casper The Soy Ghost]

We like to make fun of Buffalo fans for what they ask for Eichel, but I dare you all to look back at what you thought Georgiev should bring back in a trade in early 2020.

I was not one of those people. I never really saw his greatness. But I saw potential and so on.

But yeah, backup/1b tweener.

 

[will1066]

I'm sure guys were pissed when Buchnevich was traded. Happens all the time when a popular teammate is moved. Guys get over it. It's a business. If someone is going to pout over a friend being traded and let it affect his game then we have bigger problems with that player.

I made a reference to Panarin possibly being disgruntled by the roster gymnastics. Don't know if this is in reference to me. I had others respond that if Panarin doesn't like it, then too bad or get rid of his ass. Sure, pros need to get over certain things, but if the optics is the new guy in town - Drury - seems to be systematically removing Buch, Blackwell, maybe Strome, then there might be smoke there. Maybe Drury isn't a huge fan of Panarin and doesn't like that his predecessor gave him a boatload of money. Maybe he's intentionally making everyone feel a little bit uneasy. Maybe he's already plotting to push Panarin out. Too GoT? Conjecture? Maybe. But his roster additions reek of a different style and philosophy than Panarin's. You're paying a guy $11 mil a year. I think that says you're a little bit special and we're gonna treat you just a little bit more white glove than others.

 

[NYSPORTS]

I made a reference to Panarin possibly being disgruntled by the roster gymnastics. Don't know if this is in reference to me. Sure, pros need to get over certain things, but if the optics is the new guy in town - Drury - seems to be systematically removing Buch, Blackwell, maybe Strome, then there might be smoke there. Maybe Drury isn't a huge fan of Panarin and doesn't like that his predecessor gave him a boatload of money. Maybe he's making everyone feel a little bit uneasy. Too GoT? Conjecture? Maybe. But his additions reek of a different style than Panarin's.

i don’t think this will be an issue. Panarin himself was moved from Chicago which bothered both he and Kane. Buch seemed at ease in his tweet to NY fans once traded. He’s getting paid well too.

They can play in the Olympics together and tick tok each other.

When the Garden is filled and this Laf and company are flying high, i doubt a Panarin will be sulking b/c a friend left while he’s stuck with a powerhouse in Manhattan

 

[2014nyr]

People made fun of me for saying it lol but I think the Buch trade was a huge blow to the lockerroom, by all available reports the team was furious. I don’t think Panarin cares about seeing Georgiev go though lol, if you look through their Instagrams it’s almost as if Georgiev isn’t even friends with anyone on the team. Panarin, Buch & Shesterkin are really close friends. Now if Shesterkin left I could see Panarin throwing a fit. Hopefully he can forge a friendship with Kravtsov too. You see them interacting quite a bit during warmups & such. Kravtsov & Shesterkin used to interact a lot in the KHL when they played each other too, I remember one of the last games of the season seeing them after the game talking to eachother and laughing

i don't think there's any surprise trading buch flew like a lead balloon in the locker room...it was impossible to not see how popular he was on the team in general - and was extremely tight with his fellow russians as well as mika/kreider but no doubt beloved up and down the roster. but i'd be surprised if any of the initial outrage didn't fade pretty quickly. obviously they're all hurt and pissed off losing a friend...but they know it a business. panarin is eating up almost 12mm of a flat cap, mika is angling for 10 himself, kreider just got 6.5...other guys like trouba over 8, fox easily getting 8.5+, igor is certainly going to be looking for more than most would be given what he's done at the nhl level...there's only so much to go around, they all know this - but its takes a bit for the emotional sting to wear off before guys come to terms with that fact. to me igor is the only concern since he needs to be resigned and def seemed to really lean on buch. do think theres a possibility this makes those negotiations significantly more challenging. if so ideally this goes the other direction than you proposed, where panarin could step in as a leader and help igor avoid doing anything rash. other than that camp will come around, the new team will get together and time will march on.

 

[Chytilmania]

I'm sure guys were pissed when Buchnevich was traded. Happens all the time when a popular teammate is moved. Guys get over it. It's a business. If someone is going to pout over a friend being traded and let it affect his game then we have bigger problems with that player.

Zucc? Hank?

 

[CasusBelli]

I don't want to have to pay for the 50% retained on those two. While lovely, realistically, that will cost us way more. I'm not sure an extended Zibs would get us both Chychrun and Keller, let alone both with salary retained. Don't get me wrong, he's worth both but I just don't think that sort of deal would realistically happen. We're dealing with Bill Armstrong here. Not Don Waddell.

I’m fully aware it would cost much more. That’s the joke.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Get me some picks for Georgie.

 

[haohmaru]

Lundqvist also didn't have a desire to come here and be the backup.

The decision to move him was not one sided at all.

Yes, however, he was also in a position where if things stood as they were he really wasn't the backup. He was the backup's backup. I think I might've felt the same way were I him.

 

[Ruggs225]

Maybe we can trade georgie to buffalo for that guy with a broken neck.

 

[cwede]

 

[Thirty One]

FAKE NEWS

 

[Lion Hound]

In one tweet you have the Seravalli family that says the Geo requests a trade.
In the next tweet you have the Mecogliano family that says Geo didn't request a trade.

MINGA! Which one is it?

 

[eco's bones]

Wondered why none of the Rangers beat writers until now had opined on this. Sounds to me like Seravalli is full of shit on this one. Maybe he should stop listening to friends with agendas.