Confirmed with Link: Rangers trade Rupp to Wild for Darroll Powe and Nick Palmieri

[SupersonicMonkey*]

Really not getting what Minnesota was thinking here...

What ever incriminating pictures Sather had of Gainey, he has of Fletcher, too!

EDIT: meant Fletcher.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

It seems that Powe is the better player...what does Minny want with Rupper?

Sather is a thief.

 

[Doctor King Schultz]

I'm also on the "what was Minnesota thinking?" train. Very happy with this trade when I saw it pop up on the NYR twitter a few minutes ago.

 

[Levitate]

Also kinda sad to see Rupp go in that it seemed like he was a well liked teammate. But yeah his play hasn't been great and the Rangers could use some more speed on that line

 

[Trxjw]

Rumors has it for Darrel Powe.

I am not going to say I called it, but, I called it

Nicely done.

Quick! Express some interest in Bobby Ryan!

 

[silverfish]

Great deal here. Well done once again, Slats.

Perhaps Minnesota wanted "veteran leadership" ?

 

[*Bob Richards*]

Nicely done.

Quick! Express some interest in Bobby Ryan!

Forget that. Stamkos for Asham/Bickel

 

[TheLegendkiller]

Bleh...he signed with you guys.


Powe's the man though and Kris Letang hates him. So he should come in handy against the Pens.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Wild got screwed. Powe is a small, but scrappy, fast player who is defensively responsible.

 

[nyr2k2]

Don't know why peoples compare Powe to Prust. Not the same type of player

I think they're similar. Great motor, gritty, hit everything, excel on the PK. The only significant difference is that Prust loved dropping the gloves, whereas that's not a big part of Powe's game.

They're both energy guys that the fans will love.

 

[NYR Viper]

Don't know why peoples compare Powe to Prust. Not the same type of player

Actually they are a very similar type of player. Powe just doesn't drop the gloves as much. Energy guys who hit, stir it up with the other team, great PKers and skaters. Love the move.

 

[Bluenote13]

Yeah, love this move. Powe + Halpern will be great for the PK and grittiness. Both skate well.

Powe may not be as skilled of a fighter as Prust but he brings the same energy.

I hope this means the Rangers like Mashinter's game.

Powe is not the fighter Prust is, but he attacks on the forecheck and throws the body around.

I don't know why its hard to see why the Wild make this trade, they are small on the Wing, especially their bottom pairings. Plus Rupp fights instead of guys that take a regular shift.

 

[haohmaru]

At least #17 opens up again for Dubi and his eventual return.

 

[The Sweetness]

Wow, great move Sather.

 

[Machinehead]

Always liked Powe. This is wonderful.

 

[bud12]

Actually they are a very similar type of player. Powe just doesn't drop the gloves as much. Energy guys who hit, stir it up with the other team, great PKers and skaters. Love the move.

the bolted part is where a disagree. He rarely stir **** up like you said. He's like a better Micheal Blunden in my opinion

 

[NYR Viper]

Powe is not the fighter Prust is, but he attacks on the forecheck and throws the body around.

I don't know why its hard to see why the Wild make this trade, they are small on the Wing, especially their bottom pairings. Plus Rupp fights instead of guys that take a regular shift.

With Kassian and Konopka already there I would think they were alright but I can see that they need size. Not sure Rupp was the correct player to get.

Oh well, I'm excited to turn a UFA into (2) solid assets for this team.

Funny how Sather literally turned this team, which had little to no NHL depth to start the season at forward, into a team with decent to good depth:

Mashinter
Ferreiro
Palmieri

 

[GentlemanOfLeisure]

Whats the scouting report on Palmieri?

Is as lazy as the day is long. Good size, some skill. No heart.

 

[Balej20]

Can we get a quick scouting report on both Darroll Powe and Nick Palmieri?

All I know about both is when Powe played with Philly and he was a pretty heavy hitter and Palmieri played a bit with Jersey.

What type of players do we have here?

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Good.

 

[Dangleberry]

Why the hell would the Wild want Rupp?

Something doesn't compute.

 

[haohmaru]

With Kassian and Konopka already there I would think they were alright but I can see that they need size. Not sure Rupp was the correct player to get.

Oh well, I'm excited to turn a UFA into (2) solid assets for this team.

Funny how Sather literally turned this team, which had little to no NHL depth to start the season at forward, into a team with decent to good depth:

Mashinter
Ferreiro
Palmieri

You can say whatever you want about Sather and his pre and post lockout (the other one) checkbook, but the guy makes good-great trades routinely. I think he drugs the other GM's.

 

[NYR Viper]

the bolted part is where a disagree. He rarely stir **** up like you said. He's like a better Micheal Blunden in my opinion

He does it in the same way Callahan does. In between the whistles.

 

[Graves94]

Actually they are a very similar type of player. Powe just doesn't drop the gloves as much. Energy guys who hit, stir it up with the other team, great PKers and skaters. Love the move.

Similar, but I don't think Prust was ever a -20 player. Powe is faster, but doesn't drop the gloves much, as you mention, but is also much cheaper ($1.5Mn) than Prust. I like the trade

 

[The Gloaming]

Very happy to see this. Always good whenever we inject some extra speed into the bottom 6. Also will help our PK, which has not been up to par so far this season.

Where's the genius that told me that Sather likes Rupp and that we won't be able to find a young guy with some speed for the bottom lines?