Confirmed Trade: [LAK/NYR] Lias Andersson for 60th overall

[Vitto79]

Glad he’s gone ... descent value comsidering he wanted out

hope he gets his head on straight for LA

 

[SJinNewJersey]

Who can forget his best moment as a Rag?

 

[Gardner McKay]

Good luck. The kid skates like he is wearing cement boots, is a spoiled brat and did nothing to deserve staying in the NHL. I won't be upset if he succeeds with LA. Just glad he is gone.

 

[Leonardo87]

That’s funny, I thought the Rangers had already traded him.

 

[JT Kreider]

Must have sucked for NYR when Pettersson and Glass went 5 & 6 in 2017

Rangers traded for that pick a few days before the draft with the full intention of drafting Pettersson.

Still could have gone Necas or Suzuki though.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Even though all the Rangers fans hate him, from watching his interviews and stuff he seems like a really nice guy. Hope he can have some success. Not his fault we reached super hard in 2017.

 

[SML2]

Its not that deep. He felt misused and undervalued in the Rangers organization, didnt get along great with Quinn, and wasnt willing to go down to Hartford and prove them wrong, and that Quinn was incorrect in his undying loyalty to Howden at LA's expense.

That was a bitch move on his part. Callahan had a horrible start to his 2nd season with the Rangers and was sent down to the AHL for 10 or so games and scored 1.5 PPG before getting called back up again and never looked back.

I'm sorry, I meant the real story as in the "someone who actually was a part of it" version.

 

[Trxjw]

Glad to have that drama behind us. Still a talented kid and hope he finds success elsewhere.

Love Cuylle at 60 though.

 

[wonton15]

Good riddance - what a 0-100 comparing Lias to Pettersson. Hope the guy gets it together though

 

[King 88]

Good job rangers

 

[not a troll]

I feel like rangers would have accepted a 4th.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

LA has infinity picks, this is low risk medium reward. If you threw his name into this year's draft pool you'd have to imagine he would go at least slightly higher than 60, no?

Edit: Don't answer if you're an NYR fan, lol.

Even if you have infinity picks, there's an opportunity cost to trading for Andersson instead of several other players/prospects.

 

[Machinehead]

Remember when him throwing his medal made him “future captain material”. Lol

I thought Lias Andersson and Buchnevich got you Lindholm and Hanifin or something.

Things nobody said for 600, Alex.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Good value for that bust.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

 

[SEALBound]

I mean, hey why not take a chance? Andersson has about the same chance at making the Kings as the 60th pick does so...sure.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Good job NYR giving him a chance elsewhere

 

[TGWL]

It's a good thing players want to sign with us. When we trading Kravtsov?

Lias was never coming back. So it's a good trade regardless how this works out for NYR. It was a bad selection at 7th and now we can move past it. Hope he does well in LA, or at least gets a shot.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Even if you have infinity picks, there's an opportunity cost to trading for Andersson instead of several other players/prospects.

They pick again several picks later and have infinity other assets to trade if they need to move up.

If they're high enough on him to trade 60, they're not sweating the opportunity cost to move as much as the people dumping on him are.

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

He's got the talent. The problem is his skating and he's an entitled, spoiled brat. His dad works for the Kings, nepotism at its best right here.

It's too bad. If he was willing to work hard he could've become a gritty 2-way C (2nd liner).

I think he'll top out as a #3 C IF he gets his shit together.

 

[JTToilinginToronto]

Damn, his value sure did tank.

 

[Machinehead]

We missed out on Guhle so we got the Cuylle.

 

[BKarchitect]

The Kings organizational depth chart at forward is looking very crowded with young guys. Value was fine but not sure I love this move if I’m Andersson from the standpoint of having a clear path to the NHL. Obviously he’s going to have to step up his game regardless but the competition for spots for guys to establish themselves is going to be pretty fierce in LA the next couple of years even as the older players phase out.

 

[Black Tank]

He could still be a player for the Kings. However, he had maturity issues, felt mistreated, went home and then threw the Rangers organization under the bus in front of the Swedish media. There was no way the Rangers were going to let him be around their other prospects after that. Hope it works out for him and as deep as the Rangers organization is now, a 60th is a nice return and allows them to swing for the fences though Columbus has pretty much stolen everyone's thunder on that point.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

a decent gamble for the kings, decent value back for NYR for a player who was never going to come back.