If the Jets did the reverse - hmm. So for example: if the Jets traded a first rounder and a fourth rounder, plus a roster player and lost in the FIRST ROUND of the playoffs, they would be burned at the stake. And imagine if the guy they traded for ended up playing on the 4th line - would that be burned at the steak, but with extra steak sauce?
In professional sports, results matter. The Rangers got an excellent result with Copp, especially since they weren't expected to get where they did. A lot of playoff Revenue $, plus goodwill with the fans. Who the hell knows what result they would have gotten without him - no one. And if the only measure of 'they didn't win' means 'they didn't win the cup', then I guess the Jets are in a glass house and shouldn't be throwing stones about deadline deals.
To be fair, the Jets have been heavily criticized for the Hayes trade on here.
The Rangers overpaid for Copp. It was a standard trade deadline price so in that context maybe it wasn’t an overpay, but for 15 games and three series of the player Copp is … yeah, Barron, Lambert and Salmonnson is too much for him.
They got to the ECF but even if Copp had a huge impact on that (I don’t think he did) he’s gone now so they’re left with nothing while we still have three good assets out of it.
The Rangers are an original six franchise in freaking New York City. They’ve been trying to buy a championship for years now. I don’t know how much goodwill overpaying for Copp really bought them from their fans, but I don’t think they need it. The extra playoff revenue is nice, but it’s the freaking Rangers.
In any case, I think this is just moreso a really good trade for the Jets than it is a bad trade for the Rangers. Maybe Rags fans are still happy with the trade. That’s fine by me. All I know is I’m REALLY happy with the trade on our end too.
Glad to see you're starting at 10:43 pm. All the best papers are written after 11 pm.
Haha. It’s not due until midnight tonight. I started it a couple weeks ago and just have the finishing touches to put on it this afternoon.