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

[miscs75]

Drury is gonna make a huge mess of the Rangers and get fired. I’m going to have fun watching it happen.

 

[Weltschmerz]

So now they get Borgen, maybe they should trade Fox for cheap before his NMC kicks in.

 

[Twisted Sinister]

WTF NYR LOL

 

[dgibb10]

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

Pat Verbeek somehow managed to get fleeced by him

 

[Wayward Son]

Borgen is 4 years older than Kakko and makes 300k more than Kakko. His max is 25 points in 82 games. He's UFA at the end of the season.
I don't really understand this trade from NYR's perspective.

Edit - didn't realize Borgen was D.

Seems like a "get this guy outta here as soon as possible" trade.

The Rangers wouldn't have had any leverage after that interview anyways but the return still seems underwhelming.

 

[Hobnobs]

Watch Rags waste Shestys career like they did Lundqvist...

 

[Machinehead]

What does this all mean? He’s a 5 out of what?

100

 

[Oilslick941611]

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

Drury really is having a bad year. No way he survives the year as GM. Rangers are imploding and he’s a big reason why.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

So clearly Rangers fans were delusional on this one

 

[Peter Griffin]

Edit - didn't realize Borgen was D.

Judging by Borgen’s analytics this season, I don’t think he realizes either.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Drury is gonna make a huge mess of the Rangers and get fired. I’m going to have fun watching it happen.

Gonna? He already has.

 

[Andre Palot]

So clearly Rangers fans were delusional on this one

Par for the course.

 

[Theodore450]

Great move. If he develops the offence watch out.

 

[OtherThingsILike]

Aw, I wanted Kakko on the Penguins. I guess we don't have a big NHL-level RD to send back, though.

 

[Warden of the North]

Leafs should have paid similar. We need a winger with his potential

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Drury really is having a bad year. No way he survives the year as GM. Rangers are imploding and he’s a big reason why.

Don't underestimate Dolan. This is the guy who stuck with Glen Sather for years despite no success in the biggest market in the US.

What amazes me is that Chris Drury was one of the worst FA signing in the history of the New York Rangers and stole, yes stole, millions of dollars from Dolan and now, he runs the f***ing team.

Incredible. IN. CREDIBLE.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

It's funny to me that Drury allegedly refused to include Kakko in a Guentzel deadline deal only to trade him for a bottom pair D and a 3rd half a season later.

I never thought Kaako had that much value by himself, but I thought his value could lie in being a replacement player for the other team in a bigger add.

In this situation, he could've been the bunting of the deal and whilst there would be a + from NYR, I I don't know if they have to add on 3 2nds worth of value because teams probably still see some upside in him. Even if not, he's still a 40 point player who could work with Crosby.

I think this was a case of obvious asset mis-management

 

[Section 104]

Additional by subtraction for the Rangers (but their record with top ten picks has stunk ever since Brian Leetch). Hopefully a few more crybabies are on their way out.

 

[Hobnobs]

So clearly Rangers fans were delusional on this one

Tbf, no one expected him to be traded for almost nothing.

 

[Shakir ONeal]

Is Winter of Chris bad?

 

[BoHorvat 53]

Kakko's career high points in a season after playing 330 games is 40 with the 2nd highest being 23 - he is being overrated like crazy around these parts clearly.

 

[TT1]

someone wasnt willing to pay a 2nd and a 3rd or 4th for Kakko?

 

[missionAvs]

Yowza. Seems light but KK kinda sucks.

 

[Evergreen]

Drury will go down as one of the worst GMs in the long history of the Rangers. This trade is very obviously an emotional reaction to Kakko’s comments from the other day.

 

[King Woodballs]

lol what a bust
What a horrible return for the rangers