NYR sending a terrible message to future players
1. Captains get traded on the reg
2. Once you hit 28 you're on the way out OR if you're nearing 30 with an expiring contract you're on the way out
3. No loyalty whatsoever to heart and soul guys. Trading McDonagh, Callahan, Nash, Miller, Grabner etc.. what's the incentive to give 110% for this team when they'll just trade you anyway?
Rebuilding is fine; what is not fine is amassing a bunch of late 1st round picks to replace guys like Nash and Miller, WHO YOU JUST TRADED AWAY TO GET THOSE PICKS.
This all makes negative sense unless the Rangers take some of these assets and move up for a top 3 pick. Literally no sense otherwise. They're not (well, weren't) that bad of a team where they needed a complete teardown. I would've been fine with just moving Nash, Holden and Grabner. This trade makes no sense to me
What in the hell are you talking about?
1. We have traded captains before. We traded Callahan and went on a cup run; didn't seem to affect the group or image of the organization
2. Every organization does this. I'd say the Rangers front office has been the most loyal to their guys by letting them have multiple shots at winning. The year they went to the cup they weren't lighting the world on fire and yet they chose to hold onto Stralman, Pouliot, and Boyle who all walked away in the offseason. While other teams would maximize on those assets, the rangers chose not to. They traded draft picks that could've been supporting this year's roster.
3. Would hardly call all of those guys heart and soul guys. Grabner only here for two years. Callahan got extremely greedy. Miller dogged it all year.
Thank god youre not running the team. They don't need to move into the top 3 with these picks to make these moves worthwhile. They need to stockpile the farm system with talent. Multiple bodies. Not banking on one draft pick to carry you.
These are the moves that were needed to be made.