Confirmed Trade: [NYR/SJS] Nick Merkley for Anthony Bitetto

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[Gardner McKay]

Cool. Bitetto was AHL fodder for us.

 

[MMC]

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Cool. Bitetto was AHL fodder for us.

Merkley the same here. Couldn't hold his spot and got passed by a bunch of other tweeners

 

[Sota Popinski]

Ryan Merkley is the good one, before any Rangers fans get excited

 

[themelkman]

Dumb move, I liked Nick as an NHL fill in. Cuda dont need help as they suck anyways

 

[Kcoyote3]

Meh. Sharks don’t have any AHL defenders left and moved out Middleton today too

 

[cwede]

AHL F depth move for NYR, who lately hadn't had enough healthy F's for Hartford

 

[jetsforever]

Unlucky for Bitetto since he was excited to play for his home team
Maybe he'll get back to the NHL though now

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Man that kinda sucks.
I liked Merkley for what he showed in his brief stint on the Sharks. The organization just doesnt want to call him up and play him anymore though.

 

[Lays]

Ryan Merkley is the good one, before any Rangers fans get excited

I wouldn’t take Ryan Merkley for free.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

I wouldn’t take Ryan Merkley for free.

Good for you.

 

[seroes]

Meh

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Dead Doug Wilson and John Lynch competing for biggest f*** up gm in the bay.

They should have been finding a spot for Reimer instead of wasting time on nothing moves like this.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

So Bitetto gets traded for RW Nick Merkley but could be paired with San Jose Barracuda RD Ryan Merkley.

 

[Patty Ice]

I wouldn’t take Ryan Merkley for free.

How are things back in 2018?

 

[MMC]

 

[Vitto79]

Meh. Sharks don’t have any AHL defenders left and moved out Middleton today too

Bitetto is a cool dude
Ranges have too Many D in the AHL

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

I wouldn’t take Ryan Merkley for free.

why?

 

[RangersFan1994]

Unlucky for Bitetto since he was excited to play for his home team
Maybe he'll get back to the NHL though now

He should have played better when he had the chance to do so.

 

[Lays]

why?

Character issues. Dude was so bad in the locker room that the OHL team he led in points as a dman booted him off the team

 

[jetsforever]

He should have played better when he had the chance to do so.

Hey I'm well aware of his playing level - he played 51 games for us 2 years ago

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Character issues. Dude was so bad in the locker room that the OHL team he led in points as a dman booted him off the team

Yet there hasn’t been a single issue since getting drafted.

It’s almost as if sometimes young adults take good advice and grow up…

 

[Gecklund]

Meh. Sharks don’t have any AHL defenders left and moved out Middleton today too

Ferraro, Knyzhov, Simek, Vlasic, Kniazev, Hatakka, Cicek, Paschinuk, Megna (if signed) and those are just lefties. Now let’s include righties: Burns, EK, Merkley, Meloche, Alt, Moberg, Holway, Onyebuchi. In what world are we short on D? Bitetto is garbage and I’d prefer to keep the forward that actually looked good in the NHL versus a guy that should be in the ECHL.

Character issues. Dude was so bad in the locker room that the OHL team he led in points as a dman booted him off the team

Funny. Hasn’t had any issues with the Sharks. It’s almost like kids grow up?

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

Character issues. Dude was so bad in the locker room that the OHL team he led in points as a dman booted him off the team

he is a Dman? I thought he was a forward. Maybe mixed up with someone else?