Confirmed with Link: Holden to Boston for Rob O'Gara + 2018 3rd round pick

[Ola]

Awsome, now give me some Graves!

And big thanks to @BBKers for giving us a heads up it was coming today!!!!

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

The HAHAHAHAH LULZ victory laps some of our posters are taking on the main boards on this trade are ridiculous.

It's a 3rd rounder, not a 1st. Holden is a solid depth Dman for a playoff push. Pull yourselves together. It's a fair trade all around.

I hope Holden’s Stanley cup will somehow soothe his wounds on the forums take on his fancy stats and usage charts.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Holden was not even on the ice on 5-4 and 5-5 goals.

Hey I’m still surprised we even made it to the second round that year, and others still think little snap shot errors kept us from going deep.

Don’t try to make sense too much amigo.

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

There really isn't much to this trade. It's a fair deal at face value. Remember, Rangers gave up 4th for Diaz and Shepard during the two Cup runs. Holden is depth for stacked teams. Decent bottom pair DMen cost around that. He'll do fine with 3rd pair minutes and limit his responsibility hence less turnovers.

3rd round picks are always good. Pick a goalie, someone with high upside who is boom/bust, an unknown Euro prospect, an NCAA project, etc.

O'Gara? Maybe he becomes a useful 3rd pair during the rebuild. Everyone here hated Steve Eminger before he came to the Rangers, but he turned into a pretty good player.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Awsome, now give me some Graves!

And big thanks to @BBKers for giving us a heads up it was coming today!!!!

He said this wasn't the trade he was talking about.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Awsome, now give me some Graves!

And big thanks to @BBKers for giving us a heads up it was coming today!!!!

They’re keeping O’Gara up with the Rangers for now. I don’t think we’ll see Graves unless there’s another trade or an injury.

 

[True Blue]

They’re keeping O’Gara up with the Rangers for now. I don’t think we’ll see Graves unless there’s another trade or an injury.

Clearly AV has made up his mind about Graves. Maybe it was the check he threw in camp.

 

[Boruto]

Clearly AV has made up his mind about Graves. Maybe it was the check he threw in camp.

I doubt Vigneault is making any roster decisions at this point especially during TDL and long term rebuild call up development stuff.

 

[E-Train]

Clearly AV has made up his mind about Graves. Maybe it was the check he threw in camp.

He did drop his gloves in the preseason. Even though the officials broke it up, AV never forgets.

 

[Tawnos]

Our AHL guys I’m sure have watched a ton of O’Gara.

 

[Placid]

I doubt Vigneault is making any roster decisions at this point especially during TDL and long term rebuild call up development stuff.

No, not a chance. This is all "upstairs".

 

[Samuel Culper III]

He said this wasn't the trade he was talking about.

That’s interesting.

 

[leetch99]

Just glad Holden is gone. He was awful for much of his time here.

....and soft as expensive toilet tissue ....the non doubling stuff !

 

[leetch99]

Hardly

Are you Holden them cards close to your chest BBK ?

 

[Lion Hound]

Really cool to see a LI Royals player on the Rangers. O'Gara also works local camps every summer for Attack Hockey @ Superior.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Good asset management for Gorton. Traded a 4th for him, got 2 seasons of service and received a 3rd + C level prospect in return.

 

[EpicDing]

Really cool to see a LI Royals player on the Rangers. O'Gara also works local camps every summer for Attack Hockey @ Superior.

Shame we didn't get the other LIer the Bruins have

 

[Lion Hound]

Shame we didn't get the other LIer the Bruins have

Long Beach would go on a 3-day Bender!

 

[Machinehead]

Rob O'Gara?

New phone, who dis?

 

[I Eat Crow]

So this guy that was thrown into the deal is reporting to the Rangers? The tank is still on.

 

[kovazub94]

Apparently it's 230 days until I can change my dumb Nick Holden gimmick username, so mark that one down in your calendars kids

How many days until you get to change your back-of-Kostca-jersey picture?

 

[Fireonk]

Not necessarily. If something if low value is going for a high price then it’s only logical that something of high value would cost more.

I mean sure, but we knew those other players would cost more already.

 

[Machinehead]

So this guy that was thrown into the deal is reporting to the Rangers? The tank is still on.

I'm starting to wonder how many players away from getting the call I am.

I'm available Mondays, Wednesdays, and weekends, Jeff!

 

[Siddi]

Good ROI.

 

[Boruto]

I'm starting to wonder how many players away from getting the call I am.

I'm available Mondays, Wednesdays, and weekends, Jeff!

We want to tank to get the 1st overall pick, not fold the franchise.