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

[Machinehead]

Kreider for the corpse of Emerson Etem and a 4th round pick

Drury says: "Sign me up"

We'll immediately re-hire AV to not play Etem.

 

[Machinehead]

Kappo Kakko Kraken

Yep, the 'ol triple....

 

[Ruggs225]

Drury does not know how to trade an asset and get value.

This is awful.

Just absolutely awful

 

[Row I Goon]

You can tell Lavi and Drury are conspirators in this.

The bench and now the trade. They've telegraphed their punches.

 

[LORDE]

I pray this is true

You know what... when this happens I'll laugh, then cry, then laugh again.

It would be like missing a 1 foot putt for a 59

 

[McRanger92]

You can tell Lavi and Drury are conspirators in this.

The bench and now the trade. They've telegraphed their punches.

Every coach benched Kakko to be fair. I love a good conspiracy but I don’t think this is one

 

[noncents]

good for him. good young player that will continue to get better.

 

[eco's bones]

Looks to me to be a pretty shit return.

There's a thing that sometimes happens with young players that they break out after being moved the first time and this could very much happen here. A year from now this could look like Rick Middleton for Ken Hodge bad.....very much the worst trade the Rangers have made in my 50+ years of watching the team. This could go that bad.

For a bottom pairing d-man in his rental season and a 3rd and 6th round pick. WTF. Even on its face if Kakko remains the same player he is now that's a poor deal. Shit trades like this get GM's fired.

 

[will1066]

Every coach benched Kakko to be fair. I love a good conspiracy but I don’t think this is one

Lavi and Drury could've went with "roster management" instead of "fresh legs" and Kakko probably doesn't say anything to the media.

Oh god did they mishandle this also?

 

[LOFIN]

The return reeks of Drury having better offers on the table, but elected to send Kakko as far as possible

 

[LORDE]

I love this trade bc we are worse this year so there's no pining to save the season. Personally this season is lost. Good teams can rebound from a slump but this team isn't good and it is fractured. This season is lost so start a culture remake, trade out the cancers, start turning this over.

I agree with this but you DO NOT trade players for peanuts.

You can't convince me (& I wasn't a lover of KK) that we couldn't get at least a 2nd for him???

This is bonkers BS GM TAMPERING SHIT

 

[McRanger92]

Lavi and Drury could've went with "roster management" instead of "fresh legs" and Kakko probably doesn't say anything to the media

The guy can’t skate. Rempe is a much better skater than Kakko. Borgen + Rempe in, Kakko out and they are a much faster team overall.

 

[Peltz]

Just saw this.


I’M DONE WITH THIS FRANCHISE. GOODBYE HFBOARDS

 

[SML2]

Well let's look at the bright side. Now we all want Drury fired too.

 

[will1066]

The guy can’t skate. Rempe is a much better skater than Kakko. Borgen + Rempe in, Kakko out and they are a much faster team overall.

I'm exhausted

 

[noncents]

lol kakko is twenty f***ing three. 3rd line solid defensive wing you can sign modestly, only upside, and you get rid of him for nothin.

this kid was not part of the problem. some of you hated him for no reason. boggles the mind.

 

[McRanger92]

I'm exhausted

It’s all so tiresome

 

[Machinehead]

Every coach benched Kakko to be fair. I love a good conspiracy but I don’t think this is one

Right? Kakko gets benched because he turns the puck over alone in his shower.

Whether you like him or not, and I think there's arguments both ways, it's not hard to figure out.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Certainly not, considering they've apparently been interested in him for a while and if it just took a 4th why wouldn't they have just done that over a week ago? Someone already posted the comparable dmen deadline deals and they are all like at least a 3+5

Hes was basically the 7th d with his old club, and he might be the 7th d here when Miller returns.

 

[Ruggs225]

I will say it again. Drury is the worsr thing to ever happen to this franchise.

Shit player
Shit captain
Didnt retire and needed to be bought out
And a shit gm.

f*** him. I hope he trades kreider and kreider decks him in the face. Both these ratfaced assholes deserve each other

 

[Machinehead]

lol kakko is twenty f***ing three. 3rd line solid defensive wing you can sign modestly, only upside, and you get rid of him for nothin.

this kid was not part of the problem. some of you hated him for no reason. boggles the mind.

People waited their whole lives for a pick like that, and picks of that caliber have altered and even rebirthed franchises.

Ours was Kaapo Kakko.

That's valid enough reason.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

People freaking out about Borgen haven’t seen him play. He’s going to be a good addition to that 3rd pairing. If he fits, it’s possible Drury extends him at a very reasonable price.

"If he fits" doesn't sound like a exciting endorsement.

 

[NYR Viper]

Hes was basically the 7th d with his old club, and he might be the 7th d here when Miller returns.

The last two years he’s been a good physical 3rd pairing d-man. He’s struggled this year with a coaching change. I’m not sure the specifics of the systems they employed but he’s better than you’re giving him credit for.

 

[LORDE]

People freaking out about Borgen haven’t seen him play. He’s going to be a good addition to that 3rd pairing. If he fits, it’s possible Drury extends him at a very reasonable price.

I will openly admit to having not seen him play.

You feel we made a hockey trade here???

I'll watch with no agenda, but Kakko, despite not even being a player I held in high regard is not someone I would've dealt for this player. Not close.

 

[grachevsceiling]

I choose to remember him as this Reddit post from 6 years ago