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Tell me again why we dealt Buchnevich?

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at the end of the day was the option of self renting a plus? Yes!... hindsight etc
 
I'd rather investigate the department of player safety.

Why did Subban not get suspended for slewfooting Blais and potentially ruin his career? Was this some sick way to get back at the Rangers for the Wilson/Panarin incident?
 
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Cap space next year is limited

Didn’t want him as an own rental so got what they could

that’s the reality now move on
 
Spent the last half year deep in the woods, under the sea or on the moon with no internet access?

Mods, you know what to do...
 
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Rough trade, but can at least live with it, once Blais comes back next year. Still feels like Drury got taken advantage as a rookie GM though.
 
When they re-signed Kreider to his deal, that was basically the end of Buchnevich in Manhattan. They don't have the cap space to commit to another winger when they already had Kreider, Panarin, Zibanejad, and Trouba under contract and then added Shesterkin and the Fox deal. Maybe if they actually had a cheap, cost-controlled center to rely on and could let Strome walk, but that's not something we have so we may be looking at another fat deal for him added on top.

They could have kept him this season, but would have then been faced with the prospect of losing him for nothing at the end of the season--assuming that they would have been in playoff contention and not wanted to move him at the deadline. So, they chose to move him before the season. The return was obviously not great, but I think the other GM's understood the situation the Rangers were in and used it to their advantage.

It just wasn't going to work and I think it was pretty much known for at least a year before Buchnevich was moved. Were you just not paying attention?
 
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Personal pet peeve: I hate the "self-rental" description, if not the concept itself. I can accept that the last year of the contract is a "walk year." And if you know that the next contract is unaffordable, you end the relationship by letting it run out or making a trade, yes. But the last year is still part of the contract, a multi-year lease, if you will. There was never a rental. Only buyers at the deadline, especially those who know they won't re-sign a guy after the season, are renting.

Im glad the OP started this thread that allowed me to rant.
 
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Ruggs225 said:
Bc we couldnt afford him and pay the kids when their contracrs come up.
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I think his point is that our money would have been better spent on the superior player. Obviously trading Kakko and Lafreniere wasn't going to happen but it is certainly unpleasant to watch Buchnevich star with another team while Kakko has 5 goals.
 
The organization: (1) didn’t want to lose Buch for nothing; and (2) wanted to open up a top-six slot for the kids.

Buch went on to have a career year, the kids weren’t ready, and Blais suffered a season-ending injury. Not great, but hardly an egregious decision at the time.
 
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