Confirmed Trade: Kaapo Kakko to SEA for D Will Borgen and 3rd and 6th round picks in the 2025 draft

[hamzarocks]

Holy f***

Forget everything I said in previous threads about player values. Drury is a f***ing disgrace and literally giving everything away for scraps.

I thought he would learn from the Buch trade but I guess not. f*** this guy.

Kakko has little value

Dude is a 3rd liner.

Borgen is a good bottom pairing D.

Doubt Kakko becomes better than what he is now. He also bascially asked for a trade publicly via his recent call out of team.

Rangers couldnt develop him, and he busted hard being unable ti meet minimal expectations for 2nd OA

Both sides can move on

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Rangers may be a shit org again

May be?

 

[Chainshot]

Spud, still have a soft spot for him.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Terrible return. Not quite as bad as the Buchnevich trade but close. Hope Kakko does well moving forward.

Edit: AND Borgen is a UFA this summer. #FireDrury

 

[Zats Muccarello]

Drury should be fired for this bullshit

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Is Francis really smart or does everything just work out for him?

Taking advantage of an arrogant asshole like Chris Drury shouldn't be a feather in anyone's cap

 

[Mrfenn92]

Sean Avery incoming

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Drury should be fired for this bullshit

Just this? He should've been fired after he gave Buchnevich away for a half-eaten pretzel

 

[GAGLine]

Drury is a joke. He has no business being an NHL GM.

 

[LeonDraisaitl]

I wanna know how the Bern man feels about this one lol

 

[Stealth JD]

Borgen has been pretty bad this year…but Kaako is no prize either, so whatever. Just surprised Drury couldn’t get anything better. That return is pretty underwhelming.

 

[NobleSix]

Ouch that's a tough return.

 

[Breakers]

This seems like an absolutely DOG SH)T return for NY

Like extremely tough to stomach

It’s just reckless

 

[Machinehead]

Excited for Kakko to be a stud in seattle

He already turned the puck over seven times as a member of the Kraken.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

I'm sure that if Grier had interest, he could've beaten that offer. We have expiring RHD's and midround draft picks with plenty of vigor to throw them out there when the trade makes sense and he should know what he'd have had with Kakko so I'm guessing the Sharks interest just wasn't there.

 

[Zats Muccarello]

Just this? He should've been fired after he gave Buchnevich away for a half-eaten pretzel

Agree

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Bottom pair D and a 3rd round pick for a 2nd overall bust

 

[Look Up]

Kakko's country club privileges in New York are now revoked.

 

[bigdog16]

Lol when will people realize Kakko SUCKS. Hes a depth player. Nothing more. And so far from a team guy

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

#2 overall who hasn't lived up to expectations. What were people expecting exactly?

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Bottom pair D and a 3rd round pick for a 2nd overall bust

Offensive bust, but he's very good defensively

 

[Mrfenn92]

Bern in shambles

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

As a rangers fan - absolute steal for Seattle to snag Kakko. Plenty of fans are down on him but a lot of us really think he has a nice career in front of him as a very solid 2 way forward in this league. I wish him the best, hope he crushes it in Seattle.

 

[Rafafouille]

Extreme reactions in this thread, you'd think he traded a fresh 2nd overall, not a 23 year old who's topping out as a 3rd liner at best. Return is about what's expected.

 

[pld459666]

Good luck Kaapo. Hope you tear it up out there.