Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part XIV (To trade or not to trade is the question)

[McRanger92]

possessing the puck, consistently playing good defense, tilting the ice, yeah he is giving the Rangers something they don't have.

If you think Kakko's contributions are irreplaceable more power to you, I just dont feel that way.

 

[mas0764]

what a morning - just breezed through 20 pages of this thread. As a newer member it's fun to see pretty much the whole board in on the action.

can i ask a question though?

Why is @McRanger92 continually lumping Kakko in with the rest of the country club brigade?? He plays the right way, has chemistry with cuylle and fil, he's even missing a front tooth for f***s sake. yeah if he gets you a stud or an upgrade at D or C sure he's not untouchable - but why is this guy just repeating the idea that he's part of the problem over and over and over??

Kakko should be kept unless he's the centerpiece for another young star.

 

[will1066]

#4 looked pretty emotional in that interview this AM. This stuff is hard on the players for sure. The sooner we're on the other side of this shake up the better. It's impossible to imagine them playing well while this is going on.

He's mini-Trouba. Hard to see your dad leave.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Kakko should be kept unless he's the centerpiece for another young star.

why would any team trade a young star for kakko? Maybe Laf

 

[Fitzy]

Players should know that if they get bloated and complacent that their jobs aren't always secure.

It's tough love but it's badly needed.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

He's mini-Trouba. Hard to see your dad leave.

I deeply regret not having the necessary photoshop skills to superimpose Vern Troyer over the "flying Trouba" .jpeg

 

[QJL]

So... next captain.

Lafreniere? Cuylle? Schneider?

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

So... next captain.

Lafreniere? Cuylle? Schneider?

Crosby

 

[Fitzy]

So... next captain.

Lafreniere? Cuylle? Schneider?

It's probably going to be another year and a half.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Really? Don't coaches usually fill out their staff? I'm sure Drury has the final say but I can't imagine a coach like Lavi not having a say on who his assistants are.

I absolutely agree. Plus what is wrong with Peca? Our centers at least improved their faceoff numbers.

 

[Vitto79]

They just named him Captain. I doubt they think the same of theirs the way that we do of ours.

lol true
Fowler they may want to dump

 

[RangersFan1994]

So... next captain.

Lafreniere? Cuylle? Schneider?

Sounds good to me. Make the youth the new core.

 

[noncents]

If you think Kakko's contributions are irreplaceable more power to you, I just dont feel that way.

try reading the message you're responding to before typing. i specifically said he's not untouchable, that for an upgrade at any position he should be on the table.

you're the one insisting he's dead weight and should be punted like he's part of the problem with this team. it makes absolutely no sense.

 

[offdacrossbar]

This whole situation is a combination of poor play by key vets who all think they have retirement contracts and that no one watches games to see their complete lack of effort, poor GM-ing ( has there been anyone worse than Drury ?) and a coach without the ballsack to sit guys who don't care and play the other guys who actually try.

The result is locker room disruption and chaos manifesting itself in unprepared, disjointed and disengaged on ice beat downs the last couple weeks.

Fire Renney !

 

[McRanger92]

try reading the message you're responding to before typing. i specifically said he's not untouchable, that for an upgrade at any position he should be on the table.

you're the one insisting he's dead weight and should be punted like he's part of the problem with this team. it makes absolutely no sense.

I never said he was dead weight. If it seems I inferred it, I apologize. I want the team to improve. Kakko is an unsigned RFA that isnt happy with his role. In the NHL, guys like that get traded all the time. If the team is looking to make move, which they obviously are, types like him and K'andre who is in the same boat, are on the table. It's not personal.

 

[New York RKY]

Step 1: Trade for Brady Tkachuk
Step 2: Have him beat up Mika, force-feed him a steak, and give him a buzz cut.
Step 3: Mika requests a trade
Step 4: Profit???

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Closer to 2PM(if that's infact the hard deadline they want to go with), means less likely to be a trade, no?

 

[McRanger92]

All these Senators people coming out saying the Tkachuk stuff is a lie is so funny. Spittin Chiclets reported last spring that Brady was getting impatient. But their commitment to winning is unwavered! (ignore the 11-12-2 record)

 

[will1066]

Step 1: Trade for Brady Tkachuk
Step 2: Have him beat up Mika, force-feed him a steak, and give him a buzz cut.
Step 3: Mika requests a trade
Step 4: Profit???

There's Tkauchuk! He's coming to the ring. Ba God, he's attacking Lindgren! And now both Zibanejad and Tkachuk are attacking Lindgren! Why is he doing this?! This is disgusting!

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Crosby

The 2005 draft lottery caused me to lose my religion.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Breaking: 350lb Keith Tkachuk will be in the lineup tonight

 

[Levitate]

I'm reminded of the reports of some locker room schism over coaching and the captaincy when Gallant was let go. Some players not wanting the "structure", liking the hands off approach, Kreider reportedly miffed about Trouba getting the captaincy, etc

I don't think any one side is "winning" because Trouba is gone, I think everyone is on notice, but still I wonder if the schism has been re-opened over the summer

 

[Clark Kellogg]

 

[GAGLine]

Closer to 2PM(if that's infact the hard deadline they want to go with), means less likely to be a trade, no?

Trouba will probably wait until the last moment to decide.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Hot take: nothing is going to happen today. They’re obviously working on a deal, which means Trouba isn’t going to go on waivers.

There’s no reason to have an arbitrary deadline of 2pm to get a trade done.