Confirmed with Link: Lias Andersson asks for trade. No longer with NYR.

[MickeyT]

the only loss here is the whiff on a 1st round pick a couple years ago. we’re not losing any productive talent.

ding on Gorton’s resume for sure.

 

[Kovalev27]

This kid always came off as petulant to me.

And it's not the medal toss, it's his inability to work when challenged.

That's the most disappointing thing about him. For a player drafted for his character and drive, I saw none of that.

neither did I and I actually never thought that would be an issue for him. But he was so soft in everything he did. I thought skill and skating would kill him but I never expected him to be lazy or soft and he always looked it

 

[Good Intentions]

Great news. Good riddance you delusional punk. Below average in nearly every facet of the game. Toss another medal into the crowd.

 

[JT Kreider]

Gordie Clark has to be fired at this point, this team needs a major overhaul of its draft strategy

 

[Ghost of jas]

Between Ho-Sang and Puju, who would you rather have?

I want nothing to do with Ho-Sang

 

[Raspewtin]

the pick was inexcusable then and it’s inexcusable now and this should be a huge blemish on this regimes draft reputation

he was drafted for muh tangibles and they turned out to be one of his worst attributes

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Tripping over himself on Opening Night introductions was a bad omen.

Yeah he finally changed his bust of a number from 50 to 28, only to trip on opening night and re-cement his bust status

Quite a shame

 

[Hire Sather]

No matter who the coaches people always blame them

Sometimes it falls on the player he was not good enough.

 

[LORDE]

The HFD organization has had two top ten picks quit on them in the last what- 2-3 months?

The **** is going on?

Yeah no matter what people try to paint here that isn’t a good look at all.

That being said, the kid didn’t do ANYTHING to change anyone’s opinion of him since he’s been in NY or CT

 

[UnSandvich]

He's not an NHL player right now. I agree with the criticism of Smith playing top 9 minutes but Lias is not an NHL player. His skating is garbage and his offensive instincts are non-existent. He should have gotten some minutes in the top 9 at the start of the year but they didn't give him any.

Instead of going down to Hartford and puting in the work to get back up to the team like Chytil, he's invisible for half the game he's played in.

They've been selling us character on this pick from the moment he was selected and it's blown up in their faces

Genuine curiosity here, how many of HFD's games have you actually watched?

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

A rebuild is always a rollercoaster ride, but some of the things that have happened this season have been really really weird/bad/concerning/alarming/unprecedented.

Makes it really difficult to have faith in this organization doing a proper rebuild.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Gordie has to be on the hot seat now

If the McIlrath pick didn't do it, this won't either.

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

Have to say I grew to like the number 50

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Genuine curiosity here, how many of HFD's games have you actually watched?

Since he's been sent down? Maybe 2-3

Not sure how that's relevant. People that watch Hartford consistently would tell you the same

 

[will1066]

Let me play devil's advocate. If I'm feeling that I'm being buried at work, I'm gonna look for a new job. Pro sports is not the real world but otoh everybody's human. If the kid thinks he's better off elsewhere, that's his emo speaking, so let him go. I know this is now a complete waste of a top 10 pick, but we're not a prison.

 

[NickyLongLegz]

This makes me worried. I hope this doesn’t give kravtsov any ideas...

 

[mike14]

Damn annoying that it hasn't worked out. I'm not sure the Rangers put him in the best position for success, but even still Lias needs to have shown more than he has.
Hopefully he go somewhere else and get his game together and whatever the return is becomes useful to the Rangers

 

[Mr Clutch]

They drafted him.

Well I meant after that, haha sorry i should have specified

 

[bigdog16]

Can we get a welfare check on stat boy steven

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

man how horrible must Hartford be, already two top 10 picks defecting once they got sent there (although one did come back)

 

[JT Kreider]

the pick was inexcusable then and it’s inexcusable now and this should be a huge blemish on this regimes draft reputation

he was drafted for muh tangibles and they turned out to be one of his worst attributes

They shouldn't have even survived McIlrath, that is a big enough blemish for a complete overhaul, let alone Lias.

 

[Matz03]

The weak draft excuse is so weak, at 7 you have plenty of choices. Necas, Vilardi, the thinking that got Kravtsov at 9 would’ve went a long way back in 2017. Instead they went the dreaded safe. And I feel bad for Lias for the awful path to nhl the team chose for him. At no point was he ever ready to move up those levels so quickly.

 

[Mikos87]

I think it's time for a regime change. This is a good baselining year for JD.

Hopefully he can bring in greater levels of competence from the St. Louis and CBJ organizations.

This is getting to be beyond dysfunctional. Reminds me of the country club guys from early 2000s, except it's with 20 year olds on one side, and coaching on the other.

 

[Harbour Dog]

I remember the looks on Gorton's and Gordie's faces on draft day. There was f*** all concensus about Lias, but that retiring Swedish scout (can't remember his name) convinced everybody that this was the guy. They looked super uncomfortable on the way to the podium.

I disliked both this pick and the Chytil pick equally on draft day, as did a large chunk of the board. Crazy how opposite they turned out.

 

[nevesis]

I want nothing to do with Ho-Sang

I do, he has talent leaking out of his ass. Kid is special, just needs some guidance and a proper ass beating. DeAngelo could straighten him out...haha