Claimed off Waivers: [NYR] Rangers claim F Arthur Kaliyev off waivers from the Kings

[Dead Coyote]

Objectively hilarious that he gets waived by LA and immediately goes to NY, congrats on the most lateral move of all time Mr. Kaliyev

 

[SR]

For those interested, this cost New York $56,250, paid to Los Angeles and not counted against the cap.


Players claimed this season: 21
Total compensation: $608,625

You’re the man, UncleB. Your work doesn’t go unnoticed brotha, thank you.

 

[Rafafouille]

I'm still not used to this new Rangers reality. I went "damn Rangers? Took a while for teams to claim him".


Nope, Rangers are 26th in the league, 7th pick.

 

[Djp]

Well, damn. Color me surprised. Drury actually did something smart.

This would shred him

 

[Machinehead]

Honestly, it says a lot about his reputation around the league when so many bottom feeding, offensively starved teams saw him available for free and say, "nah. We're good with Pat Maroon"

Have you checked the standings recently?

He didn't go very far before getting to the Rangers.

 

[awegrzyn]

Going from Los Angeles to New York. Bro living the dream

He is from here. Staten Island. And trained at Pro Skate in New Jersey as a kid. Played in CT. From Staten Island he moved to Detroit to play for Ceasers.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I guess we'll just agree to disagree that potentially picking up a 40 point player on waivers is good, especially when much of that production came from a depth slot and limited minutes.

What is the lowdown on Kaliyev the last few years and how likely is it that you think he’ll succeed on a new team?

 

[Bounces R Way]

Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

maybe Panarin can squeeze some production out of him

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

It seems like we never make these types of waiver claims. Maybe we do and now we just are finally getting the player because we’re finally bad and being bad pays in the waiver claim order.

I’m intrigued. Can’t remember the last really successful waiver claim we’ve had.

 

[jfhabs]

Exactly what the Rangers needed was another offensive winger with compete concerns that probably needs powerplay time and good deployments to get the most out of!

Was going to say the same, thank you!

 

[King'sPawn]

What is the lowdown on Kaliyev the last few years and how likely is it that you think he’ll succeed on a new team?

I think he can become a 20 G, 20 A guy. He had the second-best shot of the 2019 draft after Caufield. He has some underrated vision and can make some good plays.

He has compete issues though. Doesn't do the dirty work. His quality of shots went down as he seemingly lost confidence.

Low risk, medium reward type.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Maybe run him on Zibs wing to start? Lord knows Zibby loves to pass to a fault.

 

[Golden_Jet]

So who did the Rangers waive or send to the minors, after getting him.

 

[BigKing]

I think he can become a 20 G, 20 A guy. He had the second-best shot of the 2019 draft after Caufield. He has some underrated vision and can make some good plays.

He has compete issues though. Doesn't do the dirty work. His quality of shots went down as he seemingly lost confidence.

Low risk, medium reward type.

I think what you are saying is that he missed all the time last season v. not getting quality shots. If so, this is 100% what happened. His best attribute is his shot and he just began shanking every good opportunity. Stick starts to be gripped too tightly, he gets in his own head etc.

Funny thing is that he still found his way to be in a position to miss a good opportunity whereas many Kings players can't even get a chance to miss a good opportunity.

Toffoli put together a worse season in 2019 than Kaliyev ever has. Career worst shooting percentage on a total shot amount that is still one of the highest of his career. He gets more rope than Kaliyev since he's proven it before, but Kaliyev's 2024 reminded me of Toffoli's 2019. The difference, amongst other things, is that Toffoli is a good locker room guy whereas Kaliyev just doesn't seem to fit in.

I love AK's skillset. At worse, he is a 20 goal guy on a lottery team. The skill is NHL contract worthy and I hope he turns it around but I do feel he is destined to play overseas.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

So who did the Rangers waive or send to the minors, after getting him.

Rempe. Kreider also missed last game with an upper body injury

 

[Golden_Jet]

Rempe. Kreider also missed last game with an upper body injury

Ahh ok thanks, I guess I assumed Rempe went to the minors
Kreider doesn’t create a roster spot, unless he gets moved to IR.

 

[Zeeker]

I'm still not used to this new Rangers reality. I went "damn Rangers? Took a while for teams to claim him".


Nope, Rangers are 26th in the league, 7th pick.

The team that got the 2nd and 1st overall draft picks in 2019 and 2020?

It hasn’t been that long

 

[Tawnos]

The team that got the 2nd and 1st overall draft picks in 2019 and 2020?

It hasn’t been that long

2019 they were bad. In 2020, had the draft been done in reverse standings order at the time of the Covid shut down, they would’ve picked 16th. As it was, the 1OA pick was awarded to the team in the 12th position. Then the Rangers won the lottery for the right to be that team.

 

[MichaelFarrell]

I think a lot of people who think Kaliyev is a good pickup also believed that Daniel Sprong was a good pickup for Vancouver.

Is Kaliyev an upgrade to Kappo Kakko? No. If Kaliyev isn’t providing second unit PP scoring, he’s gives you nothing. I’ll bet that he puts up some numbers right away with the NYR, but eventually ends up back on waivers. Sprong and Kaliyev are very similar.

People will ultimately blame the coaching, but he’s not a guy that you can rely on in all situations.

 

[JKG33]

I'm honestly shocked he wasn't dealt to Tampa in the Jeannot trade.

Kaliyev seemed like a good player, just didn't workout in LA. I do wonder if he has the same case of bitch-itis a lot of younger players seem to have these days, if that's the reason he never got much of an opportunity in LA.

 

[Ciao]

So basically Drury traded 2019 top pick for a lesser one.

Maybe you missed the part where Kakko shot off his mouth and pretty much made himself persona non grata in New York.

That trade had more to do with team discipline and morale than anything else. It had to be dealt with then and there.

Thats part of the equation as well.

 

[Golden_Jet]

2019 they were bad. In 2020, had the draft been done in reverse standings order at the time of the Covid shut down, they would’ve picked 16th. As it was, the 1OA pick was awarded to the team in the 12th position. Then the Rangers won the lottery for the right to be that team.

I forgot about the second part.
Double lottery.

 

[KingPuckChoo]

I'm honestly shocked he wasn't dealt to Tampa in the Jeannot trade.

Kaliyev seemed like a good player, just didn't workout in LA. I do wonder if he has the same case of bitch-itis a lot of younger players seem to have these days, if that's the reason he never got much of an opportunity in LA.

More like a one-dimensional player that had a hard time proving his worth in a trap system.
Blake also really doesn't like him (this was clear from Blake's summer presser).
Kaliyev should do better elsewhere.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

That's will do it.

 

[TheNumber4]

Maybe this is the ONE dimension the Rags have been missing.