It's nonsense: they offered us junk with the idea they were entitled to Jack and we turned them down and got a far better return from Vegas (the key piece they were dangling was that Russian guy who busted way worse than Krebs. Seriously).
Buchnevich, Strome, Kakko, Lafreniere, Othmann, Schneider, and a 1st were all on the table and at play and would've been more than enough of a package for Jack's neck and miles better than two middling busts and 60 point RW but Adams was being pushed by the Pegulas to hound the Rangers and continue upping the offer, scaring them off, they did not do this with Vegas or any other team interested, just the Rangers. Like I said, heaven forbid you deal a player to the Rangers and it's a fair trade.
GM's are too afraid to deal with NYR because every trade makes the big headlines and to have a trade be perceived as a loss by their own fanbase is a sin to them. The Pegulas are wackos and couldn't stomach the thought of Jack in NY for some unknown deluded reason but if I had to guess it's most likely because of that idiotic podcaster who bought a billboard in BUF.
It's cheap and petty, just like that Ottawa owner having a melty at the Rangers over a literal Hockey rumor-mill article written by Larry f***ing Brooks
