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Rangers are gonna use the ammo they get from Trocheck and/or Schneider trades to add players to win now. They arent gonna make 4 picks in the first round or whatever this year.
 
Oscar Lindberg said:
Drury is too focused on whoever they’re picking on Friday to make a Trocheck deal right now

Once the draft is over, and he takes a two week vacation, then he can get to work on Trocheck
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You need to stop worrying about this.

The plan is to play him at 3c, help the team down the middle, and make powerplay 2 competent, while we tank his value for the trade deadline and wonder why teams aren't lining up for a 40 point pace.
 
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One thing about acquiring a guy like Trochek for any team is that if in 2 years they think the team may not need his services any longer, that team could very easily trade him for a 1st at that time (2028 or 2029) as a 1 year rental. So teams wouldn't really be 'losing' an asset, just kicking it down the road. Kind of like what Drury did with McQuaid and Soucy
 
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UAGoalieGuy said:
Edge has been gone for a few years now due to some folks constantly throwing shade at him
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I hear he changed his name to Adam...
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McRanger92 said:
Rangers are gonna use the ammo they get from Trocheck and/or Schneider trades to add players to win now. They arent gonna make 4 picks in the first round or whatever this year.
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They should.

Proper way is to hit on picks, build up a strong prospect pool. Then you can use them when a specific player becomes available. Or keep them. Win win.

I know hockey is different here though.
 
Last rebuild was so underwhelming. Didn’t hit on any of the top picks lol. Why do we suck so much

I want to know what it feels like watching dynamic young home grown talent. Just give me one….
 
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duhmetreE said:
They should.

Proper way is to hit on picks, build up a strong prospect pool. Then you can use them when a specific player becomes available. Or keep them. Win win.

I know hockey is different here though.
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GMs with their jobs in jeopardy dont hoard draft picks. It wouldnt even shock me if Drury trades 5 for Robertson.

Maybe its just me shuffling through worst case scenarios in my head but I feel a disturbance in the Force.
 
SJ shipping off Eklund means they are taking Sten at #2 - confident they'll get a dman at #9. That's my read on it anyway.
 
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Seems like SJ was in on Byram:

It doesn’t feel like general manager Mike Grier is done. On the surface, it doesn’t make sense for a team that’s trying to get back into the playoff picture to trade an established and improving 23-year-old winger in Eklund for just a draft pick, however high, especially when there are clear holes on the Sharks’ blueline.

At the moment, the Sharks have just two blueliners signed, veteran Dmitry Orlov and sophomore Sam Dickinson, and a couple RFAs in Michael Kesselring and Shakir Mukhamadullin.

So using that No. 9 pick for some defensive help right now makes sense.
It is San Jose Hockey Now’s understanding that the Sharks had “lots of interest” in top-pairing defenseman Bowen Byram, who was dealt after the Eklund trade.

The Buffalo Sabres sent Byram, 25, and cap-dump bottom-six winger Jordan Greenway to the Chicago Blackhawks for the No. 4 and 45 picks, and 24-year-old defenseman Louis Crevier.

At this time, SJHN can’t confirm if the Sharks had offered the No. 9 overall pick for Byram. But obviously, the No. 4 overall trumps that. And while San Jose also possesses the No. 2 overall, that’s probably too rich an asset to surrender for Byram, not considered a true-blue No. 1 defenseman, especially with winger Ivar Stenberg likely on the board right there, if the Toronto Maple Leafs make Gavin McKenna the No. 1 overall pick, as expected.
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9th++ for Hronek?

On the balance, a Hronek package would probably resemble Byram’s, with the Sharks having to make up the difference between the No. 4 and 9 selections by dipping again into their deep prospects pool and/or also including the No. 27.

Multiple league sources, including three NHL scouts, agreed that the No. 9 was a suitable centerpiece for a defenseman of Hronek’s quality.

“It’s a good starting point, for sure.”
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