Confirmed with Link: Hronek traded to Vancouver for ‘23 1st (NYI) and ‘23 2nd (VAN)

[SirloinUB]

So the obvious question is do we want the pick this year or next? If it’s this year it will be 13 or later. On the other hand a healthy season from Horvat and Barzal could have the islanders in the playoff mix next season.

 

[Reddwit]

I wonder how much back-lash people would have gotten bringing up the idea of trading him prior to this.

Idk what to think... ok trade but, is this it? Seems like there's got to be more coming.

Are you new here? Most Wings fans have been making Hronek proposals for literally years now, and a lot - if not most Wings fans - have been on board with the idea, even when the proposed return for Hronek was something like a 2nd round pick + B prospect. (I could swear there are posters here who have outright stated Hronek would never land a 1st, let alone a mid-first and a high 2nd to boot).

 

[saska sault]

Pretty shocked, i always liked Hronek. Would have been happy to see him stay but we got 2 good assets and more cap flexibility (we already had a ton) and Yzerman can go acquire someone that fits his plan, or simply graduate a prospect or one of our depth guys if the plan is to sink lower.

Not sure I get the move by Vancouver..

 

[ricky0034]

return aside this feels so random

Vancouver?

 

[ThankGord]

Shipping him out simply because of that terrible drop pass on the PP last night?

lol that made me turn the game off

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

So the obvious question is do we want the pick this year or next? If it’s this year it will be 13 or later. On the other hand a healthy season from Horvat and Barzal could have the islanders in the playoff mix next season

I think we want it to be this year. They're going to be a better team next year, IMO.

 

[Realgud]

What the hell!!! Love the extra top 64 picks in this draft though, I really do, but I'm not sure what to think about this lol

 

[NickH8]

Even if that first moves to 2024, Canucks are still gonna suck.

Insane value

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

return aside this feels so random

Vancouver?

No clue what they are doing...

 

[JediOrderPizza]

I willed it.

Dreger: - Canucks Looking to TRADE to fix D

Mayfield in a package with lots of other stuff for Miller?

forums.hfboards.com

 

[traffic cone]

Even if that first moves to 2024, Canucks are still gonna suck.

Insane value

It’s the Islanders pick.

 

[InjuredChoker]

am I the only one a little underwhelmed by the return here?

Hronek is 25 and still an RFA after next year

no. hronek for magic beans is not a gamble i'd take.

 

[kook10]

Very surprised, but happy to see Stevie sell high!

 

[Reddwit]

Hronek for what will likely be a single mid-round 1st and 2nd. A 25 year old 50 point defenseman that is under a fairly cheap contract for like 3 more years.

Unless Yzerman is pulling in Chychrun or Gostisbehere, I don't understand this move. To me it reeks of saving money.

To me it reeks of Hronek not fitting the vision that Yzerman has. Nothing to do with saving money - unless you're talking about saving money on Hronek to allocate to a better player.

 

[datsyukfan]

I have a suspicion yzerman wants Parayko.

This was my first thought too

 

[Realgud]

Ogee is now Yzerman's #1 supporter btw hehe

 

[Snuggs]

Are you new here? Most Wings fans have been making Hronek proposals for literally years now, and a lot - if not most Wings fans - have been on board with the idea, even when the proposed return for Hronek was something like a 2nd round pick + B prospect. (I could swear there are posters here who have outright stated Hronek would never land a 1st, let alone a mid-first and a high 2nd to boot).

TBH I haven't seen one person suggest trading him within this season. Last year, and year prior, sure.

Crickets this year. Ogee been slandered all year for wanting to trade him in years prior.

 

[Run the Jewels]

A first and a second is fine by me. I liked Hronek but at least this is a case of selling high, something we should have done with Bertuzzi IMO.

 

[Martinez]

This is why I never project us drafting smaller defensemen

 

[lhsgolf19]

#19 calls don’t pick up the phone lol

 

[StargateSG1]

Holy crap! I didn't expect this one.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Habs fan here. Good job Detroit!

For those who asked, the 2023 pick becomes 2024 if the Islanders are picking in the top 12. Vancouver does not control that variable.

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

To me it reeks of Hronek not fitting the vision that Yzerman has. Nothing to do with saving money - unless you're talking about saving money on Hronek to allocate to a better player.

And what about when next season starts and we're rolling with Walman, Maatta, Seider, Chiarot as our top-4 and didn't do anything except bring in Edvinsson? And we're still wasting time with AHL scrubs on the 3rd pair.

And it sounds like the pick is protected this season so it's basically Hronek for a low first and a second. That's a bad trade.

 

[r0bert8841]

Supposedly the 1st is top 12 protected, but that's all. If it's top 12, it becomes a 2024 1st instead.

That's going to be quite the valuable 2nd rounder, too. That's a ton of value to get.

That 2024 pick could be a lottery pick.

 

[SirloinUB]

It’s the Islanders pick.

This year, yes but that doesn’t automatically mean we’d be getting the isles pick in 2024 if protection kicks in