Friedman: NYR giving Kravtsov permission to seek trade

[Hodge]

Maybe look a little bit further down the road?

If he spends the majority of this season in the AHL he'll be forced to take a two way contract next season too. It's getting to the point that if the Rangers won't play him he's better off financially going back to the KHL.

 

[Konk]

MacKenzie had him at 12, 3 picks higher isn't a reach really.

My bad, you are correct. I was referencing an earlier ranking of his. He still had Dobson and Wahlstrom ranked higher.

He was also much lower on other lists.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

How much?

 

[bleedgreen]

This is a completely wrong take. Losing a top six potential top prospect to try to get a late round pick for Quadruple A(HL) guys is horrific asset management.

No one loses a potential top six prospect because they send them to the minors for likely a short period of time. The player has an issue. Let him go. He’s not above anyone on the team, even the lesser dman.

 

[Nate070]

If he spends the majority of this season in the AHL he'll be forced to take a two way contract next season too. It's getting to the point that if the Rangers won't play him he's better off financially going back to the KHL.

So he can go to KHL if he thinks that´s the best move for his career

 

[Phrasing]

Also, everyone trying to dunk on @EdJovanovski should shut the f*** up.

It’s plain rude to try to do this to someone when their favorite player is traded or about to be traded. There’s banter and there’s being a douchebag. Trying to tag him or mention him to try to dunk on him now is the latter.

He loves to dish it out, especially to teams and players he dislikes multiple times (banter vs being a douchebag and all), but now others should watch his feelings?

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Canes need more 2018 top 10 picks.

 

[varano]

Okay, I’ll be sure to dunk on you when the Leafs trade one of their big 3. No complaining and you have to be happy with the dunk.

Lol I don't give a shit. You think millionaires getting traded effects my day?

 

[Hodge]

So he can go to KHL if he thinks that´s the best move for his career

Seems like that's where this is headed. I don't understand criticizing the player for it though. If anything the team deserves criticism for not realizing some players have other viable options and they can't just run their org like a dictatorship and expect everyone to fall in line.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Perhaps Julien Brisebois can help

 

[blankall]

I guess when you have players like Fox and Panarin demanding to play for your team you don't actually have to worry about retaining your own draft picks....must be nice.

 

[JasonDemersWasOkay]

It seems they’ve been disappointed with his development for a while. I remember in I think 2019 he was highly touted coming because of his world juniors and he just didn’t seem to fit based on the little I saw.

If our Barrett Hayton has issues producing in the AHL this year this could be a good change of scenery trade

 

[Joe Rogan]

Also, everyone trying to dunk on @EdJovanovski should shut the f*** up.

It’s plain rude to try to do this to someone when their favorite player is traded or about to be traded. There’s banter and there’s being a douchebag. Trying to tag him or mention him to try to dunk on him now is the latter.

You, him and sometimes Machinehead bring it upon yourselves. Same thing with Georgeleafer

 

[kilowatt]

Kings will take him! 2022 second round pick?

 

[Nate070]

Seems like that's where this is headed. I don't understand criticizing the player for it though. If anything the team deserves criticism for not realizing some players have other viable options and they can't just run their org like a dictatorship and expect everyone to fall in line.

It´s a business. He should report to the AHL team and not act like a primadonna

 

[TGWL]

Has a ton of skill but needs to stop pouting when things don't go his way.

 

[Sky04]

Which team is he going to make? His AHL and KHL numbers are horrible too.

 

[Viqsi]

Lol it's a f***ing prospect that didn't make a team and is too entitled to play in the ahl. What is there to be upset about? You're acting like his dog was run over.

I'll freely and cheerfully admit that I can't stand either of those posters - the guy being defended OR the guy doing the defending - and yet, PB has a point. When you really care about a team, this shit legit hurts. I mean, yeah, ideally those two wouldn't be so damn annoying to begin with, but two wrongs don't make a right. EJ already evidently took one hell of a blow from this being a thing at all. Let that be enough. Be the better person. (If only because it's the best kind of revenge. )

 

[AirGut]

The Rangers really squandered two top ten picks in 2017, 2018. Not that I think Kravtsov will be a bust.

but we got Chytil/Miller/Lundkvist and then Kakko/Lafreniere/Schneider


so I ain't too worried

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

At any sign of adversity he takes his ball and goes home and pouts. He's 21, he's played 20 NHL games at this point, him getting sent to the AHL to start the season is not a big deal. He should take it as a chance to show the organization they're wrong and play so well he forces his way back to the big club. Chytil did it, Kreider did it back in the day, the dearly departed Pavel Buchnevich did it. They all did it with no complaints and worked their butts off and were better for it.

Kravtsov, like Andersson before him, pouts. He's an entitled baby. The 3RW spot was his to lose in camp and he lost it. Thankfully we lucked in to Kakko and Lafreniere after drafting Kravtsov so this really isn't the end of the world (could've derailed the rebuild if things were different) so hopefully the Rangers can get a good change of scenery return for him.

This is why accruing as many assets in a rebuild as possible is so important. Rangers had the Andersson debacle and now this and are really not that much worse off for it. In fact, the players acquired with the pick they got for Andersson - Will Cullye - impressed big time at camp and should have a future here.

 

[Got One Cup]

I wouldn’t mind another Blues-Rangers trade.

 

[ThankGord]

Rangers have great depth on the wings and Kravtsov doesn’t want to take the pay cut to go muck it up in the AHL when he could be home in Russia making more (or in the NHL on a team with less winger depth). Makes sense on both sides to seek a trade.

I’d say Detroit should go after him but winger is our strongest position as well.

 

[PensandCaps]

Which team is he going to make? His AHL and KHL numbers are horrible too.

lol not really. His KHL numbers are pretty good for his age.

 

[pld459666]

NYR should trade him to SJ

They look to be shite for the next 5+ years.

 

[Boondock]

Okay, I’ll be sure to dunk on you when the Leafs trade one of their big 3. No complaining and you have to be happy with the dunk.

Jokes on you Marner and JT won't be traded and Matthews will walk in free agency....