Confirmed with Link: Ryan Reaves to NYR for a 3rd

[RosensRug]

Good move, when the face of your franchise gets manhandled you need to do something.


Third round pick is what it is. Thats something we can easily recoup between now and the deadline.

 

[Daves a mess]

Tom Wilson dictates the Rangers culture

Or maybe Gerard wanted him?

 

[Clark Kellogg]

enough said.

 

[LokiDog]

Okay, okay. Reaves ain’t bad, certainly premium when it comes to enforcers, will give the team some swagger, be a good locker room guy and probably only dress 60% of the games. I like it. We’ve got a lot of bottom six options but we have a lot of quality bottom six options, and that’s a first. I can live with this. Certainly the most decent face puncher we’ve employed recently.

 

[NYSPORTS]

Or maybe Gerard wanted him?

no question he did

 

[Edge]

No one needs to chase anyone. Play the game. Wilson will not act the bully he's been against the Rangers the past 2 years.

Things change when you're not the baddest kid in the yard.

I would love to see this happen. It hasn't happened at any point until now, in Vegas or elsewhere. But I sure as hell would love to see it.

 

[Daves a mess]

Apparently the game plan is to become the 1975 Philadelphia Flyers.

Wasn't fun watching them beat the living shit out of the Rangers every time. JD said in an interview that he was actually scared to play in Philly.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Tom Wilson has dictated our entire offseason. Not the goal of the Cup, not a vision for contention, not the holes on the roster, but f***ing Tom Wilson.

You happy now, Dolan?

He probably is. I’m guessing if he never wins a cup as the owner of the Rangers means less to him than getting ribbed at the country club.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Also when you think about it, we basically moved back a round in the draft to replace Howden with Reaves

huge W

 

[Brother Mouzone]

I have no problem with getting tougher. We can all complain, but the teams that go deep had grit. We were ten-ply soft. Bring it!

 

[egelband]

Tom Wilson has dictated our entire offseason. Not the goal of the Cup, not a vision for contention, not the holes on the roster, but f***ing Tom Wilson.

You happy now, Dolan?

Guys like Wilson are out there. It’s another thing to be prepared for.

 

[Machinehead]

Tom Wilson has dictated our entire offseason. Not the goal of the Cup, not a vision for contention, not the holes on the roster, but f***ing Tom Wilson.

You happy now, Dolan?

Gorton got a goon every summer

 

[n8]

So predictable lol

Howden and a 3rd for Reaves and a 4th

this makes the trade more palpable. Pretty sure we won that Howden trade but they won this one so let's call it a wash. A 3rd is too much.

 

[NYSPORTS]

No one needs to chase anyone. Play the game. Wilson will not act the bully he's been against the Rangers the past 2 years.

Things change when you're not the baddest kid in the yard.

well, the good news is the Rangers can hit others and change the tempo of the game. Something they have been incapable of doing for almost 3 seasons.

 

[Uncle Sid]

Half the people on this board called this move a while ago. With that being said, I am not in the least bit surprised, so f*** it, let’s see what happens.

 

[chosen]

If this was the desired off-season, what did Dolan need Drury for?

He could have hired any alcoholic from the stands at a much cheaper price.

 

[egelband]

He could. Just have to tell him that he's looking at Ryan Graves.

Wouldn’t be the first time Reaves dealt with Graves

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Tinordi or Reaves, one or the other was enough, i don't want Reaves taking ice time from Barron.

better than Tinordo taking ice time from Lundkvist. Easier to hide a useless goon on the 4th line than on the 3rd pair

 

[Daves a mess]

Don't just focus on the fighting. When he gets a bead on a dman they just rim the puck around like Marc Staal on a unicycle.

And if he hits you in period one, you are feeling like absolute shit the rest of the game. He crushes people along the wall and behind the cage.

 

[LamoTheKid]

Only this board would get upset by a 4th liner who is going to play 50 games. Oh no. What are we going to do without Greg McKegg in the lineup?

My favorite bit around here is posts prefaced with "only here" or "only this board" being followed with a scorching hot take.

 

[Machinehead]

Remember when Gorton traded for Adam McQuaid, and I hated it, and everyone was like "nah, Machinehead dude man, he's playing 8D chess and he's gonna flip McQuaid for draft picks, and then I was right, and it turned out he just liked McQuaid?

And now I'm reading about how Gorton was the not toffnuss GM and how if we had him back we wouldn't be doing toffnuss.

 

[broadwayblue]

Guess the off-season is over until the price for Eichel drops to Strome, Gauthier and a 2nd.

 

[DOCHockeyGuy]

I hate your team (as you all hate mine) but there’s a small part of me that is so insanely happy about this simply to watch him torment that douche.

f*** Tom Wilson

 

[egelband]

Maybe we'll get lucky and Tom Wilson will take out Tom Wilson for us.

That’s the most likely outcome of all, actually.

 

[Kovalev27]

I love it! Vegas players are livid.

the only bad part about this trade is that Strome wasn’t the one moved for Reavo!