Confirmed with Link: [SEA/NYR] Kaapo Kakko for Will Borgen + 3rd + 6th

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

Ya its funny how most players we're excited about die in this development system.

The Rangers are notoriously f***ing terrible at developing forwards.

 

[mrmovies779]

What an absolutely underwhelming return

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

I was pissed when I saw the deal and thought it was a second rounder.

Now I see it’s a third. Even worse.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

So mtl just traded Barron for Carrier in Nashville, anyone feel we probably could have been in on Barron but the stubborn pricks wouldn't trade with Gorton?

 

[noncents]

Yes.

yep. and the rest of it - this is you getting what you want.

 

[KennyWu]

God dammit

 

[Machinehead]

yep. and the rest of it - this is you getting what you want.

I don't have to watch Kakko pass to Thomas Harley because Harley looked at him funny on Friday. I feel pretty good about that.

 

[Profet]

In an alternative universe, we trade Kakko in a package for Eichel and consquently don't resign Zibanejad, allowing us to keep Buchnevich.

 

[LORDE]

So mtl just traded Barron for Carrier in Nashville, anyone feel we probably could have been in on Barron but the stubborn pricks wouldn't trade with Gorton?

Prob the reverse

 

[mrmovies779]

We traded for a worse version of Trouba...wonderful.Lets see if we can dump Laf tomorrow for a 3rd and a can of coke

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

We traded for a worse version of Trouba...wonderful.Lets see if we can dump Laf tomorrow for a 3rd and a can of coke

Make that coke a Pepsi and I'm on board.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Its sickening what drury has done to this team.

Prob the reverse

Montreal pulled the trigger on their trade after the kakko deal, possible they were waiting on that.

 

[will1066]

To sum up:

 

[LORDE]

Its sickening what drury has done to this team.


Montreal pulled the trigger on their trade after the kakko deal, possible they were waiting on that.

I just meant that Gorts doesn't wanna deal with us, but yeah you're prob right

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

this is just piss poor management.

If this was the best offer out there than you hang up the phone and wait until a better one comes in.

Other than Kakko requesting a trade and blackmailing Drury with distasteful pizza pics there was no reason not to just WAIT

GOD. WHAT WAS THE RUSH

 

[80s Kid]

Use it to upholster a bench and put it in the man cave as a meta/irony piece.

That's already been done at Matassa Square Garden.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

The Illuminati called, it’s time for the Messier Experiment

 

[ReleasO The KakkO]

So mtl just traded Barron for Carrier in Nashville, anyone feel we probably could have been in on Barron but the stubborn pricks wouldn't trade with Gorton?

Why didn’t Colorado want Barron after all?

 

[ReleasO The KakkO]

Jersey #24 not available in Seattle.

Kakko gonna probably get number 96, one more than Burakovski (sp?)

 

[haohmaru]

Again, disagree.

Kakko had warts, hence me saying he wasn't my fav.

He had value well beyond this deal.

IF this were the best offer. I Keep him. I don't scratch him the other night either.

As far as I Know, he's not a BIG PART of the problem. Part? I AM SURE. WHO WOULD BLAME HIM?

But if you're a GM & this is your deal, you're done IMO

This is worse than the buch trade IMO

This reeks of tampering. THATS how bad it is.

He was quite possibly scratched because of this impending trade and not performance. Less of a problem with it now that he was traded within a few days of that.

I would've kept him.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Oh yeah, it's all coming together

Not a fan of this move.
Let him continue his development in Hartford. Why rush him to join a bad team.
Like trying to put out a four alarm blaze with a fire extinguisher.
Pathetic.
Moving out one ruined prospect to bring in another prospect to ruin.
That tracks.

 

[markymarc1215]

Worse than the Buch and Kane trades! All the more reason not to watch this team.

 

[LORDE]

He was quite possibly scratched because of this impending trade and not performance. Less of a problem with it now that he was traded within a few days of that.

I would've kept him.

I actually said that exact thing once the scratch was announced.

 

[NYR Sting]

Man, I haven't posted in like 5 years, but the overreactions here are so heavy, I couldn't resist.

Not defending Drury's overall tenure (some of his moves have been terrible), and I don't think the way Kakko has been handled, especially this season, has been smart or helpful toward his development.

But Kakko was NEVER going to last here. High picks who don't pan out into stars always get moved, usually at around this point in their careers. Ranger fans should know this well, since for years, we were a repository of other teams 1st round disappointments. Benoit Pouliot, anyone?

Kakko is a solid play-driving winger, but he has had opportunities to score under numerous coaches...and it just hasn't happened.

And the return isn't really that crazy. Yeah, would have been nice to get a 2nd for him, but no way he was fetching a 1st.

Besides, he wanted out and didn't want to be here, anyway. And I don't blame him. He was never going to get out from under the bust label.

This team has much, MUCH bigger problems than whether they got a 2nd or a 3rd for Kakko.

Also, this is all karma for giving this kid Callahan's number.

 

[will1066]

There's nothing quite like being a Rangers fan I hope you and your cursed shirt are happy, guitar guy

Guitar Guy dropping his latest cursed shirt "We Are Borgen"