Confirmed with Link: Eric Staal to NYR for two 2nd round picks + Saarela.

[Vinny DeAngelo]

staal-nash on the PK will be good thats like team canada level ****

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Yup.

Hell, go in for Hamhuis as well at this point.

I agree. Besides Buch, trade them all, Skjei, Graves, Shesty, for as much help as we can get. If we don't win the cup, start the rebuild in the off-season, we've already damaged the future with the Duclair and Saarela trades.

 

[Miller Time NYR]

Time to start overrating Saarela in classic HFboards fashion. Teams been in win now mode for how long this is par for the course.

 

[The Gloaming]

Does Staal kill penalties at least? Or are we gonna win the Cup with a bottom five PK?

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Saarella was a nice prospect to have but come on, everyone needs to calm the F down.

We didn't give up Buch or Skjei or a first.

For all we know we sold high on Saarella and he doesn't pan pan out, not all prospects that have a good post draft year do.


My thinking is: Hank isn't going to play forever. Eric Staal makes us better this season. As long as we don't sell the farm, which we don't giving up one of our B prospects and 2 2nds, I like it.

 

[Raspewtin]

so now this is gonna be what your on? the kid is a slam dunk pick already?

He's progressed very nicely and shot up our prospect rankings in just one year so it's about as ****ing close as you can get this early.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

staal-nash on the PK will be good thats like team canada level ****

Staal doesn't PK

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

NYR philosophy - Strike gold in the 3rd and trade them away.

Might as well move Buchnevich too cuz yolo.

 

[SA16]

Now get Yandle off the ****ing team and get back a top prospect that you just traded away for nothing you ****ing idiot GM

That seems logical. The team just traded a couple of picks and prospects for a rental forward to try and improve their chances this year. So then they are going to trade away one of their upcoming UFA's who happens to lead the team in assists? I'm sure that will happen.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

They better ****ing win the cup this year. The team is literally draining the prospect pool.

 

[Ghost of jas]

I'm still here. Can someone please make sure Pavel Buchnevich is ok?

That was a steep trade. Smh.

You were worried about giving up Kreider, Hayes or McIlrath. None of that happened. Frankly, I think it's a fair deal for both sides. The Rangers are better today. The Canes just gave up the face of their franchise and didn't get a #1. And, I know a few people fell in love with Saarela, just like they did Duclair. But, This deal is nowhere near the disaster that the naysayers will claim it to be.

 

[nyrleetch]

Fine trade. Would have liked to keep Saarela, but we are a better team now.

 

[eco's bones]

I'm thinking that was way too much. This only works if the Rangers win the whole shebang. If Eric Staal doesn't deliver it's a bad deal.

 

[Mordeth]

I am fine with that trade

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

Unless everyone in our pipeline works out perfectly, this team will be a tire fire around the end of Hank's contract. I even like the philosophy behind these moves, but things will likely get very rough.

 

[Raspewtin]

Saarella was a nice prospect to have but come on, everyone needs to calm the F down.

We didn't give up Buch or Skjei or a first.

For all we know we sold high on Saarella and he doesn't pan pan out, not all prospects that have a good post draft year do.


My thinking is: Hank isn't going to play forever. Eric Staal makes us better this season. As long as we don't sell the farm, which we don't giving up one of our B prospects and 2 2nds, I like it.

This is extremely poor logic. Didn't we just say that about Duclair?

 

[JohnC]

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I want more trades, we've already damaged the future, might as well damage it further

 

[kramer987]

great trade. excited for this.

 

[nevesis]

Time to start overrating Saarela in classic HFboards fashion. Teams been in win now mode for how long this is par for the course.

Kid is 5'10" and no guarantee what he will be in the future. The team is in win NOW mode. Hank isn't getting younger.

All in.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

I know prospects are worth more than proven NHLers on HF but let's all relax. Eric Staal makes us better this season. We didn't give up any of our top prospects OR a first. Honestly this should be considered a fair price to pay especially after Ladd got a top prospect and a first.

 

[silverfish]

The more I think about this deal, the more I love it

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

For some reason, I am okay with this. Buch and Skjei are still in our system. Saarela was a player I did not want to give up on yet.

 

[SA16]

Does Staal kill penalties at least? Or are we gonna win the Cup with a bottom five PK?

He hasn't the last two years since they hired Peters but he was a regular PK'er every year before that and actually throughout his career has been one of the best shorthanded scorers in the league.

 

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

Could have been worse, but this team could be real ugly in 3-5 years with the way we trade away picks and prospects. Hopefully Staal finds his scoring touch for 4 months.