The problem is this was totally predictable as it happened before, Drury should have either traded him or left him on the main roster.
Not really. Kravy played in the A for a short period of time when he returned the 1st time.
I had him asking for a trade pegged stone cold, but even I thought they would likely have to leave him in Hartford for 2-3 months. Basically until about the Christmas break.
My guess was if he wasn’t called up by then, or didn’t see any potential spots opening in the line up, he’d ask for a trade. I was dead on with the trade request, but I didn’t think he would make it so public so fast. Nor did I think he would freak out the way he did over a conditioning assignment.
There’s no way Drury or Gallant could have predicted that kind of reaction to it.
If that was the case, Drury would have been far more aggressive/ successful.
Not a shot in the world did they think he’d snap over a 2-3 week conditioning stint. No way, even with the bad prior history.
That’s probably the sole reason he was still here. To push and compete for a top 9 ( mainly top 6 wing slot).
People may not like Drury, but for them to think he’d deliberately tank kravtsov value instead of getting a more high end piece in a 1-1 trade, they are lying to themselves.
Like I’ve said many times, he was trying to make the best of a bad/tight situation. The conditioning assignment was for kravtsov s benefit as well as the team not losing a player for nothing to waivers when they didn’t need to at that point in time.
No freaking way anyone could have called this Over the top reaction to a measly 2-3 week conditioning assignment.
Drury was making the best of a bad situation and The thought process was he was doing What was best for the team and kravtsov alike. No doubt he also didn’t want to lose anybody from waivers as well, especially if he didn’t have too.
If kravy just shut up and swallowed his pride and played well in Hartford for a couple weeks, it would have benefitted him as well individually as well as the team.
Then with the way injuries hit our roster he would have been the obvious replacement in the top 6 RW spot.
Like I’ve said, kravy did not do anything outstanding enough to warrant losing a guy for nothing. His track record/ history didn’t do him any favors in that department either.
The thought of keeping him on the roster just to appease his ego even though he was lower on the depth chart and returning from injury straight out of camp is just not smart business. And in the player that they would have lost for nothing.
Probably Hajek, maybe someone else.... but neither send a good message to the rest of the kids on the farm right on up to the rangers locker room.
All they wanted the kid to do was to get into top game shape and come up and battle for a spot. They wanted this to happen as well as keeping all of their assets.
It’s really not a gigantic insult or slap in the face to kravy. It was mutually beneficial....
The kid was just showing his true colors and seriously highlighted his immature attitude/ character problems and the poor reaction to adversity by acting the way he did and bouncing to Russia again however you want to label or word it.... that’s just the facts of the situation.
