I'm still skeptical on that front as well. I am also not sure if it would actually be a benefit for players who aren't quite ready for performing under that pressure. Well, some of the team at least is still learning how to perform in general, so I am not sure that pressure does them any favors.
Confirmed with Link: Kravtsov requests trade
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I'm still skeptical on that front as well. I am also not sure if it would actually be a benefit for players who aren't quite ready for performing under that pressure. Well, some of the team at least is still learning how to perform in general, so I am not sure that pressure does them any favors.
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Also, this is exactly why his decision was so silly to begin with. There has been, basically no material/substantial “bad” things. Miscommunication, misunderstanding. Poor messaging. And a lot of sensitivity and hot-headedness. Nothing that should really kill a normal business relationship, I think. Nothing that apologies and a handshake wouldn’t fix. There’s too much at stake, particularly for Kravtsov.
Months, not weeks. Don't think he can return until after Feb 27, depending on Trak's playoff standing, possibly a bit later.
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Probably true. But that’s appropriate. It’s business. Both sides need to just treat it that way. Leave the interaction to the pros.
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That’s fine. A little more seasoning won’t hurt and maybe we’ll be contending for a playoff spot when hes available. And hopefully he’ll be ready physically and mentally.
Thanks not him lol. That’s pure Delphi school hogwash written by his agent and posted by kravy....
What do you expect him to say????
Thanks for the loan agreement guys, I’ll be getting back into game shape over here until you trade me.
if kravy Truly meant that last sentence, he would have swallowed his pride, apologized and been on the first thing smoking back to USA so he can go to Hartford and tear it up for a month or 2.
this is all showmanship guys, wake up and smell the coffee. It’s history repeating itself with lias Andersson.
I know some like him very much and are hoping for the best, but you gotta grow up and read between the lines.
Drury figures, what the hell, if he has a solid year in Traktor, it makes him a bit more of an enticing trade chip opposed to him sitting on his ass drinking Stoli and spending daddy’s money
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The posts in response to this news could’ve been lifted straight out of the Lias thread.
I’m skeptical that they’ll patch up the relationship to the point that he’ll come back to the team.
I’m skeptical that they’ll patch up the relationship to the point that he’ll come back to the team.
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The main issue with Lias is that he sucks. Kratsov doesn't. So they're different situations.
And Kratsov isn't the only spoiled prospect to want to go straight to the NHL. I note that Laf, KK & Lundquist all went straight to the NHL and all seem like they might have benefited from a stint in Hartford, just as Kratsov did last season and even
Chytil ultimately did too (for all the good it seems to have done for him).
Rather than get caught up in teaching him a lesson we would be better off maximizing the asset we have in Kratsov. Perhaps he will light it up with Traktor and we will be thrilled to have him go directly to our woeful top 6 RW position at the end of the season and we will all live happily ever after. After all the Rangers are about the best landing area for a Russian for a number of reasons, as he well knows. Perhaps that's just a fairly tale; we're still better off than where we were before. Worst case he improves his trade value which is probably pretty low right now.
Yea it was the right move having him play hockey as opposed to sitting around, working out and playing half assed pick up games. That will definitely hopefully help his value if teams can see more of him play..
him and lias situations are almost identical.
Krav is the better prospect no question, but both left, turning their back on the organization for whatever reasons.
Both stated publicly they want a trade.
Both were/are loaned to a different league while they went home.
And both will/were traded when an acceptable return was offered.
hopefully Krav plays well like lias did when he returned home. It definitely is better for us to get more teams interest and hopefully have better returns offered then what lias brought back, but that’s no guarantee either.
the part about him wanting to fulfill his dream of playing for NYR is a total PR snow job for the fans sake.
If that was the case he’d be on his way back to NA ready to rip up Hartford.
He’d rather play an entire season in Russia......
The rangers would not put a guy on the ice who ran away twice and obviously kravtsov still thinks he’s too good for the Ahl.
Literally the only positive from this is teams get to see him play, he hopefully plays well and returns better value in trade because of it.
You can’t put milk back in the cow, nothing in this statement makes me think the relationship between drury/kravy is better or that he still doesn’t want to be traded. And anything they say or do at this point short of him coming back to play for Hartford, would signal that the bad blood on both sides over the last 3 seasons is squashed
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he's not saying kravtsov was released. he's saying the statement was released. comprehension, people
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Can we all just agree that we want him to play really well and in the KHL and then lock this thread up? We need him to play well over there to either come back and help this team or to build up his trade capital. End of conversation.
Question for you, my guy. Is it possible for two people, thousands of miles apart, to both think that the Erat/Forsberg trade happened in 2016 unless one of those people (who is young, agreeable, and well-groomed (ironically)) is being groomed? #SeeSomethingSaySomething #NotCised
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I think he was referring to the statement being released.
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I would be ecstatic if they could work this out, i believed and still believe he has a better offensive skillset than Kakko.
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Seems like intelligent posturing by both parties to help his value. Would be pretty shocked if he ever wears a Rangers jersey again.
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Plays the season out in Russia, traded at the draft.
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Pumping up his value while playing in Russia certainly wouldn't hurt.
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I’m not ruling out a reconciliation but this also clearly can be a move to improve his trade value. I don’t think anyone here knows for sure despite how obvious they might claim it is.
I hope he does either come back or we win a trade for him. Either way it’s a good development.
I hope he does either come back or we win a trade for him. Either way it’s a good development.
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