Confirmed with Link: Kravtsov requests trade

[Oscar Lindberg]

Let’s be honest most thought the pick was Wahlstrom but they reached

Will never forget at the draft party at MSG when they announced Kravstov and there was audible gasps in the room that Gordie and the Rangers once again reached and didn’t take Wahlstrom lol

 

[NYR94]

puck drop in 10 in tampa. let's get this shit show of a season on the road. We've gotten all the drama out of the way last season and now Zib re-signed and Vitali Anderssoned. Nothing left to worry about.

Thanks for reminding me. For some reason I thought the season started tomorrow.

Also first game for Seattle tonight!

 

[will1066]

MH has been vocal on Hajek, I believe

And not in a good way

 

[will1066]

Thanks for reminding me. For some reason I thought the season started tomorrow.

Also first game for Seattle tonight!

Blackwell big game. I smell it.

 

[nsvoyageurs]

I figured this had a chance to happen after Kravtsov was being sent down to Hartford; the last time, he didn't take it well. I didn't see any of the NYR preseason games, so I can't judge on how he looked, whether or not he deserved to stick on the NHL roster.

It's disappointing that he hasn't played well enough as a top 10 pick 3 years ago to make sending him down again a moot point. He has the skill, showed fairly well in the NHL last season, despite not being able to produce offensively as much as we hoped. Played a good 2 way game, though that's not what they drafted him for.

Is there a sense of entitlement? Does he think he should be guaranteed a roster spot? As Edge said earlier, he comes from a wealthy family, so he likely hasn't seen a need to earn what he wants to accomplish in hockey, or in life. Who are his influences? Someone needs to get into this kid's head and get him to realize that to accomplish what you want, you have to work to get there. There will be ups and downs, but you plug through.

It always stings to have a top 10 pick not pan out for you. If he goes elsewhere and the light bulb comes on, he becomes a borderline All Star player, that would suck even more.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I didn’t include it in my earlier post but Carp also mentioned Drury and Kravstov had issues when they were in Hartford together

 

[Peltz]

The handling of this situation by the club hurts the club.

The club wanted to send him to Hartford. How is that a mishandling of the situation? Think about it. The club had to be able to choose its roster. Vitali works for them not the other way around.

 

[Daves a mess]

Would Kravtsov, Hajek, and a 2nd be enough to pry Zegras out of Anaheim?

Nope, but my hockey crush for Trevor rivals anything Jovanovski has coming out of Russia. I'd add to that proposal significantly to get him.

 

[gravey9]

I didn’t include it in my earlier post but Carp also mentioned Drury and Kravstov had issues when they were in Hartford together

interesting. did he elaborate?

 

[Peltz]

Is this more of a situation of management not willing to play their best players because some players are thought of as better fits on the 4th line, or does this guy really not belong on the roster? Genuine question as someone who hasn't watched enough preseason to know

The former. He can hang in the NHL but there are better fits for different roles on the team. He’s a skill player with huge upside, but the least skilled of our skill players right now.

 

[NYSPORTS]

Krav and Buch packaged together should have returned the Rangers something interesting.

 

[Peltz]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we say the exact same things about Lias? Has someone put a curse on HF whereby we are forced to have this same conversation every year?

We did, and Lias wasn’t even as good as Krav.

 

[New York RKY]

Krav and Buch packaged together should have returned the Rangers something interesting.

Blais and two 2nd’s?

 

[Gardner McKay]

When the Rangers don't put young players in the AHL they get grilled here for it. When they do, they get grilled here for it.

You new here?

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

interesting. did he elaborate?

He did not.

Just said a source said they butted heads on multiple occasions while Kravstov played in Hartford and obviously Drury was their GM at the time

 

[Thirty One]

interesting. did he elaborate?

I think he just said that Drury was the GM in Hartford when Kravstov bolted the first time. Unless I'm missing something.

 

[NYSPORTS]

Blais and two 2nd’s?

idk, apparently 21 yr old Krav has to make his own deal. So the agent has what leverage? Wth? Another Lias Anderson return?

 

[Edge]

I think he just said that Drury was the GM in Hartford when Kravstov bolted the first time. Unless I'm missing something.

Drury was in the right in the mix of that fiasco.

That's part of why i am pissed at him for not making a move sooner with everything that happened after the fact.

I'm not angry that VK feels hurt. I am not even angry that VK didn't make the team (though I can argue it both ways).

I'm angry that we blew through multiple red flags and that there was no way this outcome was ever going to produce a positive for the Rangers.

Because that shows me that we've learned nothing.

 

[Thirty One]

You new here?

My first avatar was Jozef Balej.

 

[NYSPORTS]

Trade him to JD in Columbus. Maybe a goalie will come back

 

[mas0764]

21 years old.

Are there any adults in the building who can step in to salvage this?

You’d have thought that’s what they are paying Drury for - to fix situations like this so that the Rangers profit, not to flaunt retro machismo attitudes and take hardline stances in genital measuring contests like “take your demotion like a man, you have to earn it, you’re suspended!”

 

[NYR94]

If Drury is serious about the team taking a step forward this year, the Rangers need to move Kravtsov for a mature, distraction-free player.

Evander Kane.

 

[aufheben]

Thought he was going to thrive #UnderGallant?

Still…pretty shocking headline.

 

[mas0764]

The club wanted to send him to Hartford. How is that a mishandling of the situation? Think about it. The club had to be able to choose its roster. Vitali works for them not the other way around.

Yeah I’ve thought about it. How insightful! I never realized that Kravtsov was actually the Rangers employee!

They should have made a f***ing exception for once so as to not lose a prime asset for pennies.

 

[mas0764]

Drury was in the right in the mix of that fiasco.

That's part of why i am pissed at him for not making a move sooner with everything that happened after the fact.

I'm not angry that VK feels hurt. I am not even angry that VK didn't make the team (though I can argue it both ways).

I'm angry that we blew through multiple red flags and that there was no way this outcome was ever going to produce a positive for the Rangers.

Because that shows me that we've learned nothing.

…. and that Drury might not be competent as our GM.