Soucy makes a lot more realistic sense if you are looking for a partner for nils Lundkvist and fully expect Miller to be better playing another season with trouba
the Eichel move is a disaster losing Chytil our only young center makes it even worse
no one is winning anything with 3 10 mil forwards and that’s what you’ll have keeping Mika. Not to mention Mika and Eichel play in the same spots you’ll lose numbers from one of them. Two righty first line elite centers. We only need one
That’s why if Eichel comes, I expect him to be a Mika replacement more them a1-2 punch. They’ll try it while Zibbys only making 5.3 mill, but he’ll either get shipped out by deadline and waive his clause, or self rented depending on chemistry of the team and where the rangers are in the standings. I’d expect a rangers 2C to be a Dvorak, Cirelli, Larkin, Lindholm etc type guy. They trade extends the rangers quest of making a move for their long term 2C option, and it gives Eichel a crutch by having Zibby here a full year while he gets back to 100%.
That way he doesn’t carry too much of the load too fast after returning for rehab/surgery. It also gives the rangers Zibbys long term replacement for the next half decade. And make no mistakes, a healthy Eichel is better then a healthy zibby. Don’t really wanna debate point by point but it’s true despite all the nay sayers.
GMS usually tend to think in the now to the next 3 years. Not 5 years down the road. If Drury makes this move, I’m assuming he’s got a serious picture about the guys he wants and sees as his core top 6 and top 4 D going fwd. they are your big money high minute players.
The rest can be filled in relatively cheaply internally, the UFA market, and non-high profile trades.
It’s a big reason why I think Nils isn’t long for this rangers team. This year it’s fine because it’s his first year, but ultimately his talents are squandered on 3rd pair no 1st PP time. He’s going to need serious minutes that Fox is going to take the brunt of
