Confirmed with Link: [NYR/CAR] Joey Keane for Julien Gauthier

[LiveLongandProspal]

Man, JT Kreider is having a meltdown before our very eyes

 

[NYSPORTS]

Reminds me of Lindros minus the skill lol

 

[NYR94]

Any possible help on the bottom six is fine by me. I don't mind the size either.

 

[Ken Lund]

For Keane to have a long term role with the Rangers we would have to trade two of Trouba, Fox, Deangelo and Lundqvist. We are thin up front and this kid is a good prospect. Not some kind of cant miss future star, but a good prospect, better than Barron, who we all have high hopes for.

 

[True Blue]

Keane is not an A+ prospect

I do not think that he needs to be. This is exactly how I envisioned Gorton to begin to address the roster and start to bring in support players who compliment what the skill players do. This is the type of support player that I think you will see being brought in (size & physical play).

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Gonna be honest, this feels like a move that proceeds preparing for a life with out Kreider.

 

[JT Kreider]

Canes fans seems a little miffed. That’s always a good sign.

Only because their defensive logjam is even more clogged than ours. This trade makes no sense for them, if you ignore the upside of the two prospects.

 

[Lime]

Is he reporting to Hartford?

 

[Unusual Suspect]

Anybody who thinks this interesting and intelligent seeming hockey move has f***all to do with what will happen Monday with any of our "trade bait" players is out of their mind.

 

[Lime]

Gonna be honest, this feels like a move that proceeds preparing for a life with out Kreider.

Yeah I think moving Keane means they think they're keeping Deangelo

 

[UnSandvich]

Gauthier jumped up in Pronman's latest mid-season prospects rankings. Keane didnt make the list.

56. Julien Gauthier, RW, Carolina (Charlotte-AHL)
Oct. 15, 1997 | 6-foot-4 | 225 pounds
Drafted: 21st-overall (2016)

Previous ranking: Not Ranked
Skating: 55
Puck Skills: 60
Physical Game: 65
Hockey Sense: 55

There’s a part of me that was reluctant to put Gauthier on this list. He’s a third-year pro who has not dominated the AHL. He does have 17 goals in 29 games this season, though, and has a toolkit that screams NHL player. You don’t see many 6-foot-4 forwards who can skate, have legit skill and can score goals like Gauthier does. He may not be the smartest player ever, but he’s shown this season he can make plays and score in hard areas, has earned some NHL games and ticks off most of the boxes you want in a prospect.

To add to this/give context, here's what Corey has to say about the skill ratings:

"I will provide tool grades for players on the 20-80 scale. In this scale, 50 projects as pro average, 55 as above-average, 60 top third, 70 as elite and 80 as among the very best; 45 is below-average and 40 is fringe pro quality. I only grade the shot if it is notably good."

So he projects (according to Pronman) as having above average skating & hockey sense, top 3rd of the league puck skills, and somewhere b/t top 3rd and elite level physical game

 

[aufheben]

Philosophically, it's the right move.

Gorton recognizes that there's a dam at RD and he's being proactive.

There's pros and cons here.

What are the cons? You’ve been complaining about our bottom-6 for months.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Gauthier's father was "Mr. Canada" bodybuilder. Kid is JACKED

 

[MrPodz]

Keane is very good, yes. That being said, u have a u20 defensmen breaking shl records, deangelo with 40 points on track for 60, fox with 31 on track for 40-50 and a minutes eating big boy in trouba. We need size and skill, gauthier has it. If i recall correctly, a majority of the board wanted him and a first for kreider. What changed, except now e still have kreider and we dont have to address keanes status?

 

[TheDirtyH]

Personally have never been sold on Keane. He looks like he has an NHL career ahead of him, but he looks more like a RH John Moore than a Jeff Petry or something.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Nice trade. The one guy bugging out in this thread is hilarious, he always overreacts to every trade.

 

[Thirty One]

Reminds me of Lindros minus the skill lol

Gauthier has 26 goals in 44 AHL games this season. Not only does Lindros not have an AHL goal this season, but he's never had an AHL goal.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Yeah I think moving Keane means they think they're keeping Deangelo

Theres a path to keeping both, but thats going to require sooo many moving parts unless they know that they're getting cap space this summer by other means.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Somehow everyone is overlooking how Gauthier has already matched his goal output from last year in 30 fewer games. The kid is a goal-scoring machine in the AHL.

 

[AlaBlueShirt]

Would like too see how gauthier would do on the 2nd line with strome and panarin.
He can’t be worse than fast right? Big body, good shot and speed.

 

[UnSandvich]

What are the cons? You’ve been complaining about our bottom-6 for months.

Thinks Keane has the higher ceiling is my guess.

 

[aufheben]

Reminds me of Lindros minus the skill lol

So...Brett Lindros?

 

[JT Kreider]

Man, JT Kreider is having a meltdown before our very eyes

Lol, just because I'm going against the grain of some of the kiss asses that change their perspective based on the moves this team makes I'm having a meltdown?

Remember when everyone here was so convinced we were getting Point or Sergachev for McDonagh and then when the real return was announced everyone was like "this is fine, Howden will be great" instead of standing firm with their belief that it had to be Point or bust?

So yeah, dont blame me for not agreeing with the consensus here.

 

[Machinehead]

What are the cons? You’ve been complaining about our bottom-6 for months.

I think Keane is simply a better prospect.

 

[Thirty One]

Would like too see how gauthier would do on the 2nd line with strome and panarin.
He can’t be worse than fast right? Big body, good shot and speed.

He could, but I'd like to see him get a chance to show he isn't.