Speculation: Roster Building/Rumor Thread XVII

[LiveLongandProspal]

Again, I ask people to explain why they are so against trading Kakko for Eichel. Eichel is the more valuable player, scores more, plays the more important position. So what's the issue here? Because of Kakko's potential as a top 6 winger? How about Eichel's 100 point potential playing with Artemi?

Eichel also earns 10M per year and has a bad neck. If fully healthy, yeah, Kakko would be a fair price for Eichel.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Oh, FFS

Risto, Reinhardt or Seth Jones if its relatively big most likely.

It seems like those have had traction for a while.

 

[rangers1314]

Oh, FFS

Sick of the Rumor Industrial Complex.

NHL FO's never, ever fails to bore the shit out of their fans.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

$10M cap hit & a bad neck is my final answer.

O.k. That makes more sense than Kakko is going to be better and more valuable than Eichel because I'll be honest, I don't see Kakko being a franchise winger, more of a solid 60-70 point player.

 

[BBKers]

Good Ole Gary pulled the Emergency Brakes. And some. ESPN gonna get the boost it ”needs” after the leakage fiasco that took place preceding the expansion Draft. Patience Pilgrims. There Will be blood

 

[duhmetreE]

I rather give Mika a $2-3M raise and keep most of our kids.

Find a good middle6 2 way center. Build the team for success in the playoffs not Fantasy Hockey/regular season

 

[Hitch16]

For some of you older fans - can you imagine Twitter and hfboards during the Quebec Nordiques Lindros trade to the Flyers and Rangers?

 

[EpicDing]

For some of you older fans - can you imagine Twitter and hfboards during the Quebec Nordiques Lindros trade to the Flyers and Rangers?

Yeah, it'd be down.

 

[mas0764]

Chytil, Kravtsov, Schneider, 1st is something I would do. Replace Schneider with Lundkvist and it'd give me pause.

Buch would have to be a substantial part of any deal for Eichel. I'm not giving up the value that would have to replace him in any deal.

If Buch can be flipped for a top 10 pick and then the top 10 pick packaged for Eichel, fine.

 

[CLW]

Again, I ask people to explain why they are so against trading Kakko for Eichel. Eichel is the more valuable player, scores more, plays the more important position. So what's the issue here? Because of Kakko's potential as a top 6 winger? How about Eichel's 100 point potential playing with Artemi?

Kakko may well be as valuable as a Rantanen/Tkachuk in 3-4 years. Eichel is a gamble (injury concerns) whose monstrous cap hit may not at all compare to his actual on ice production. Personally I think Eichel will never again be "100%" and will cycle in and out of the lineup with various issues. Not a gamble I pay anything for, much less a significant talent like Kakko.

 

[Thirty One]

I hope none of the trades leak. I want to be surprised when I see the opening lineup in October.

 

[RGY]

For some of you older fans - can you imagine Twitter and hfboards during the Quebec Nordiques Lindros trade to the Flyers and Rangers?

Servers would be down for days

 

[Levitate]

Which is why you grow those types of players in-house, if you can, instead of having to buy them (like us). You spend your money on money players and develop the supporting players from within. As I said earlier, Tampa will just regrow their 3rd-line appendage that they just amputated.

Tampa traded a first round pick for Goodrow, and a prospect and a first round pick for Coleman. While they didn't give them big contracts they still paid a decent price to acquire "those types of players" in the first place

e: my point being honestly it's not simple to just "develop those players!"
The Rangers tried to do that with Howden, they hope they'll get something with Barron, but there's a difference between "cheap guy you can throw in the bottom six" and "really effective bottom six player who makes the whole team better" and the latter are actually decently tough to find sometimes

 

[AirGut]

I hope none of the trades leak. I want to be surprised when I see the opening lineup in October.

You gonna start hibernating pretty soon?

 

[Hitch16]

I can't wait for this Eichel nightmare to end and hopefully it ends with him not on the Rangers.

 

[Avery16]

For some of you older fans - can you imagine Twitter and hfboards during the Quebec Nordiques Lindros trade to the Flyers and Rangers?

The server crash would be ongoing

 

[KevinFinnerty]

I wouldn't be against signing Danault and rolling with
Zibby
Chytil
Danault
Goodrow/Rooney down the middle

 

[BKGooner]

For some of you older fans - can you imagine Twitter and hfboards during the Quebec Nordiques Lindros trade to the Flyers and Rangers?

Proving who traded for him first would have been easier with a time stamp and not a napkin.

 

[IDvsEGO]

Why would Colorado trade Newhook?

For Mika? Because their cup window is rapidly shrinking and he’s got an insane amount of production vs cap hit.

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Going to be someone's rights for a 7th watch

 

[Avery16]

I hope none of the trades leak. I want to be surprised when I see the opening lineup in October.

Lol

 

[LOFIN]

Again, I ask people to explain why they are so against trading Kakko for Eichel. Eichel is the more valuable player, scores more, plays the more important position. So what's the issue here? Because of Kakko's potential as a top 6 winger? How about Eichel's 100 point potential playing with Artemi?

While I think Kakko will be a superstar, what value does he have after two underwhelming seasons production wise? I hope (and believe) the Rangers sill value him highly, that doesn't mean the other organizations do. And even if they do value him, they can still point to the numbers and say that's not good enough.

 

[Thirty One]

You gonna start hibernating pretty soon?

No, I'm going to trust that all the insiders #dotherightthing and keep it to themselves.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Love how we're all juiced up for the 3rd day in a row. Can almost guarantee at this point that we'll stand pat and do nothing today lol

 

[RGY]

Hope were trading for Coleman’s right