Confirmed with Link: McDonagh + Miller to Tampa Bay for Namestnikov + Howden + Hajek + 2018 1st + conditional 2019 1st

[Hunter Gathers]

Yes, that's basically Ryan Getzlaf lite at that point

That's not the worst comparison. Minimum wage Getzlaf minus some of the nastiness.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Also, a much better head of hair than either Step or Getz.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Also, a much better head of hair than either Step or Getz.

This team needs to make a trade for a head of hair to be Hank’s eventual replacement if they want to go anywhere

 

[Captain Lindy]

YES!! this board will explode (and not in a good way) if they lift the Cup together (with Cally and JT)

I still don't see them getting past Pittsburgh, as long as Pittsburgh can get past the Flyers.

 

[Captain Lindy]

This is exactly what I was talking about! Clowns are going to come out and want to just perpetually tank.

OMG Jack Hughes is practically a fetus. He's my younger son's age.

 

[foe84]

in terms of goaltending..I think they have Hank's successor- Shestyorkin

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

in terms of goaltending..I think they have Hank's successor- Shestyorkin

Whoa! Hot take!

 

[kovazub94]

Guy walks into a thread and a "who watches more prospects" fight breaks out

HFNYR is a punch line!

 

[nevesis]

https://nypost.com/2018/02/28/inside-ryan-mcdonaghs-final-hour-with-the-rangers/

 

[I Eat Crow]

I can picture 'ol Glen walking up to JT smiling with his unlit cigar in a corner of his mouth doing exactly what he did to Miller.

Can you imagine the feeling with another few hours left in your flight? What a shitty way to find that out.

 

[romba]

We now need to find another humble, soft spoken, lead-by-example-not-voice type of player to give the C to to replace McD. Zucc has a ton of energy, doesn’t back down from anyone, is a top point producer on the ice for us, has the respect from his peers, and worst of all is vocal and leads in the locker room. He’ll get the A if he’s lucky. Kreider is pretty quiet, humble, is a point leader on the ice for us and most importantly speaks multiple languages so he will definitely will be the RangersTown choice of C irrespective of actual leadership skills of course.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

We now need to find another humble, soft spoken, lead-by-example-not-voice type of player to give the C to to replace McD. Zucc has a ton of energy, doesn’t back down from anyone, is a top point producer on the ice for us, has the respect from his peers, and worst of all is vocal and leads in the locker room. He’ll get the A if he’s lucky. Kreider is pretty quiet, humble, is a point leader on the ice for us and most importantly speaks multiple languages so he will definitely will be the RangersTown choice of C irrespective of actual leadership skills of course.

Zucc already as an A.

He'll also likely have a new team to play for in 4 months.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I can picture 'ol Glen walking up to JT smiling with his unlit cigar in a corner of his mouth doing exactly what he did to Miller.

Can you imagine the feeling with another few hours left in your flight? What a ****ty way to find that out.

He probably coughed a bit on him as he was saying it.

 

[Storm Bolt]

Best of luck to Namestnikov.

Also, I was really high on Howden and Hajek. Hajek especially has been trending upwards a lot. When I heard your GM specifically asked for Hajek, it made me think he also suspects he has a lot of growth potential and supported my hunch that he's going to be a really good player.

In a couple of years the Lightning will feel the true cost of this trade when they see Howden' s and Hajek's development. Best of luck to them.

 

[Ghost of jas]

Best of luck to Namestnikov.

Also, I was really high on Howden and Hajek. Hajek especially has been trending upwards a lot. When I heard your GM specifically asked for Hajek, it made me think he also suspects he has a lot of growth potential and supported my hunch that he's going to be a really good player.

In a couple of years the Lightning will feel the true cost of this trade when they see Howden' s and Hajek's development. Best of luck to them.

Thanks...go win the Cup.

(Then suck next year.)

 

[Inferno]

I used to watch a lot of college hockey...then life happened...now I'm barely able to watch all the nyr games.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

What's the downside on Tkachuk?

Not elite offensive skill, not a big goal-scorer, not a great skater.

 

[GregSirico]

Not elite offensive skill, not a big goal-scorer, not a great skater.

Sooo we will probably draft him.

 

[bl02]

Not elite offensive skill, not a big goal-scorer, not a great skater.

I think he's a nice pick at 7-10. I will flip if we got a top 5 pick and picked him. Actually I'm hoping that if we pick in the 4-7 range some team ahead of us will pick him to hopefully free up one of the talented dmen for us.

 

[GregSirico]

F*** stop scoring goals!

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I guess my biggest concern is that you NEED star power. You need that big 1-2 punch. You have to have guys that scare the other team. I feel like as 'good' as any of these prospects turn out to be, whether that be the picks from TB or the Anderssons or Chytils, where are the Rangers going to get the true stars from? Are they banking on who they draft? They're not going to land a McDavid, Matthews, etc. Chances are they are going to have to acquire them. Is that possible? Do they even have anything left to give? Because as someone else mentioned, we'll just end up where we were without the big bombers.

The teams that win the Cup acquire their best players through the draft.

 

[Elliman]

The teams that win the Cup acquire their best players through the draft.

Every Cup winning team is different. The 1994 team was built with some home grown talent in Leetch, Richter, Kovalev and Zubov but the rest was acquired through trades and free agency.

 

[Jabroni]

I used to watch a lot of college hockey...then life happened...now I'm barely able to watch all the nyr games.

Welcome to the club :/

 

[Synergy27]

Every Cup winning team is different. The 1994 team was built with some home grown talent in Leetch, Richter, Kovalev and Zubov but the rest was acquired through trades and free agency.

Pre lockout comparisons are essentially completely invalid. The landscape is just different because of the Cap.

The game has also changed significant and now favors speed over most everything else. Speed = youth.

 

[Tawnos]

The teams that win the Cup acquire their best players through the draft.

The teams that win the cup acquire *many* of their best players through the draft, lest you forget Pronger, Niedermayer, Rafalski, Hasek, Hossa, Sharp, Chara, Horton, Thomas, Williams, Carter, Gaborik, or Kessel.

No argument that you need to draft top players. You also need to supplement them.