Confirmed Trade: [NYR/SEA] Alex Wennberg (50% retained) for 2024 2nd round pick and 2025 4th round pick

[Big Daddy Cane]

Again, fairly typical. Guys like Boyle, Plekanec, Janmark and Eller have returned a 2nd round pick (or base) in recent years.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Get Duclair and Edmondson and call it a day

 

[VanillaCoke]

Like it for Seattle

 

[BKarchitect]

Fair deal.

Wennberg plays almost 19 minutes a night (the most of any Kraken forward) and on both special teams units heavily. He's a poor finisher but to classify him as a strictly bottom six guy like I have seen many do is a complete undersell.

 

[ponder719]

So, um, that's the most bizarre condition I think I've ever seen put on a traded pick.

Edit:

That's not making it seem any more normal.

 

[biturbo19]

Makes sense i guess. Pretty underwhelming Chytil replacement, but they obviously had to do something and after last year, i'm not sure the Rangers are in a place to "go big" again this year. Wennberg is...fine as a #3C. Not going to give you a lot, but not really a liability either. Maybe that's good enough for them. It's certainly an upgrade on their existing situation. More depth down the middle is always better heading to the playoffs. And it's really not a big price at all.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

What does Nils Lundkvist has anything to do with this???

 

[Tawnos]

So, um, that's the most bizarre condition I think I've ever seen put on a traded pick.

Edit:

That's not making it seem any more normal.

Johnston has that condition wrong. It was 55 points between last season and this one. Lundkvist's progress towards the condition is 31 points in 105 games. Probably makes that *more* bizarre, but just wanted to throw that correction out there. I think Johnston corrected his own tweet.

The condition is not going to be met.

 

[BKarchitect]

I thought Brodzinski has looked good recently and he has an excellent shot. Feels like we just decided to burn a second round pick for the sake of doing "something."

Couldn't you move Goodrow to wing and drop Edstrom or Rempe as needed to keep Brodz in the line-up?

 

[biturbo19]

So, um, that's the most bizarre condition I think I've ever seen put on a traded pick.

Edit:

That's not making it seem any more normal.

It's weird, but is that condition not just based on the conditions on the Lundkvist deal...which will determine which picks the Rangers even have to offer in this Wennberg deal? So...it's basically just making a deal on a future pick that already has conditions on it, rather than actually adding "new conditions".

 

[ponder719]

What does Nils Lundkvist has anything to do with this???

OK, what biturbo said makes sense, I wasn't aware that the pick in question had a preexisting condition on it.

 

[cheesymc]

My guess is that the Rangers made the exact offer for Henrique and stuck to their guns not giving their 1st, so they went with option B - Wennberg. Now I will need to root for the Oilers and hope Wennberg lays an egg with the Rangers.

 

[Peltz]

Couldn't you move Goodrow to wing and drop Edstrom or Rempe as needed to keep Brodz in the line-up?

That, I would like to see. We don't need Rempe playing every game. I just think Brodzinsky hasn't been the "AHL" player some people say he is and that he's actually helped the team.

 

[catters078]

Nice trade. Defensive fwds especially centres become more valuable the longer you go in the playoffs

 

[pld459666]

I hope I'm wrong, but this is ancomplete waste of assets

 

[DamonDRW]

This guy may flourish with good wingers. Really like this deal for New York.

 

[Em etah Eh]

We STILL need a 3rd line center.

You want Kevin Hayes?

 

[Kaapo di tutti capi]

I am whelmed.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

What does Nils Lundkvist has anything to do with this???

The Rangers now base all pick conditions in trades on how well random ex-Rangers do. I thought you guys got the memo?

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Inb4 bern rage

 

[Kocur Dill]

If Wennberg could shoot the puck, he'd be Patrice Bergeron Lite. But he absolutely refuses to shoot. It's maddening.

As a 3rd liner in a shutdown role, he'll be fine. But he won't carry anyone, and he'll ruin plays on the regular by just not shooting.

Sounds like the guy we needed then. Someone with speed like Brodzinski but the ability to make passing plays to Kakko and Cuylle for scoring opps.

KK and Cools have been developing some good chemistry and Brodz hustles, but let's be honest, he wasn't ideal as a 3c. I kinda figured when he centered Edstrom and Rempe vs FLA in place of Goodrow that was a test to see if he fit there in anticipation of getting a 3c before Friday.

 

[pld459666]

You want Kevin Hayes?

I'd prefer Hayes to Wennberg, absolutely

 

[Zynbanejad]

I dig it

 

[InfinityIggy]

Seems fine for both teams. Market for centers is not very good this year. Wennberg was arguably the best after Henrique. 2nd is for the player, 4th is for retention.

 

[2014nyr]

meh...overpaid a little but not bad. fine with this. add some depth to the roster, albeit in the form of an islanders level of mesmerizingly boring player, without having to part with any major assets.