Confirmed with Link: Reaves Traded to Wild for 5th round pick

[Machinehead]

I can buy that Reaves was an important culture guy for a young team, but they've had a year of that now, including a playoff run. He doesn't need to hang around and their hold their hands forever to accomplish that.

 

[RangerBoy]

Wait until the Islanders start taking liberties with the Rangers top players and there is nobody to stand up to them. These guys have short memories.

 

[will1066]

Great. Now who is going to defend the team when Ryan Strome starts slashing Trocheck tonight?

Autocorrected

 

[Kovalev27]

By the way having said that, Kane is going to be quite the upgrade on line 2

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

liked him but necessary move

 

[Riche16]

Who’s going to RELEASE US now?!?!

 

[17futurecap]

About time, great locker room guy, but his time was done once last year ended.

Good for Drury getting the whole contract off the books.

 

[nyr2k2]

Well if he requested the trade, that makes it an even easier decision.

 

[will1066]

Who’s going to RELEASE US now?!?!

Libor Hajek. He's also going to fight the league's toughest guys on the team's behalf.

 

[huerter]

He elevated his game so much in the playoffs that I wonder what he would have been this year if we played him in like 40 games in the regular season. Alas!

 

[RangersFan1994]

Wait until the Islanders start taking liberties with the Rangers top players and there is nobody to stand up to them. These guys have short memories.

How about developing players that do the same. Othmann is only a 1 or 2 away at most. Maybe gets some games at the end of his junior sEason and playoffs. They could call up Cuylle for that role now. Maybe a kid like Rempe gets some games.

 

[Kovalev27]

Wait until the Islanders start taking liberties with the Rangers top players and there is nobody to stand up to them. These guys have short memories.

Guaranteed Matt Martin awakes from his 2 year slumber no doubt

 

[RangersFan1994]

Wait until the Islanders start taking liberties with the Rangers top players and there is nobody to stand up to them. These guys have short memories.

They should stand up for themselves. I mean Kreider can do that when he wants. Mika no chance. never saw him fight or be aggressive with his size. Too passive.

 

[duhmetreE]

The team should get Gauthier a boxing trainer

or lets see if Kravtsov can step up and fill that role. Hopefully that practice paid off

 

[Kovalev27]

I hope we lose 15 straight so Herman and Sam Stern will shut the hell up on twitter about Reaves irrelevance and that locker room presence isn't a real thing. ...Because of course those two have been in many locker rooms im sure

The only thing those two know about lockers is being stuffed in them

 

[RGY]

I wouldn't still mind having that in the lineup, but you have to be of some use outside that toughness. Reaves was that last season, at least mostly IMO. This season he simply could not keep up with the pace.

I absolutely agree. Like I said I liked Reavo a lot. Last year he made you feel like the team would push back and play with that edge. But Drury extended him too quickly with the same salary. He was making too much. Drury fixed this and sent him to the Western Conference. They may have to see him January 10th so that will suck, but thats it. He couldnt keep up with the pace. A significant drop-off from last year to this one.

They could find a guy to bang bodies and at least be able to keep up and make plays at the deadline. Motte.

 

[Rangers in 7]

Guaranteed Matt Martin awakes from his 2 year slumber no doubt

matt just had a baby, hes not sleeping anyways

 

[will1066]

He requested a trade, and Drury made it happen the next day? Seems suspicious.

 

[LOFIN]

I can buy that Reaves was an important culture guy for a young team, but they've had a year of that now, including a playoff run. He doesn't need to hang around and their hold their hands forever to accomplish that.

I'm pretty sure the Rangers can find "a good guy to have around the locker room" who doesn't count 1,75mil against the cap. Doesn't have to play hockey, because Reaves didn't do that either lately. I bet there are plenty of posters here who could fulfil that role.

There is value to having a those characters in the locker room. I think there's also value in having "a tough guy" in your team. But they have to be in the lineup, or they are useless.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Wait until the Islanders start taking liberties with the Rangers top players and there is nobody to stand up to them. These guys have short memories.

This has to be a joke post right? Lol

 

[MrAlmost]

Claim Sanford and replace Reaves for free.

 

[mas0764]

this trade infuriates me. why did it take them 20 damn games to figure out what everyone knew over the summer. not trading him in the offseason cost them brining back the superior player in motte. i have enough of this drury/gallant duo.

It should have been apparent far before that, but at the very least yes, over the summer they should have tried to move him.

Would like to see Rydahl get a shot now.

Wait until the Islanders start taking liberties with the Rangers top players and there is nobody to stand up to them. These guys have short memories.

Meh, that's overrated.

 

[Kovalev27]

Really concerned what happens to the room. That’s a huge personality leaving. Lot of swagger lot of charisma. We’ve got a very vanilla group. Think he gave us a personality and for a team that’s played a lot of this season looking like they were missing their identity I wonder how much of that was because he was so often out of the lineup

 

[Machinehead]

He requested a trade, and Drury made it happen the next day? Seems suspicious.

I could see it. It hasn't been a secret that his time was up so Drury probably had his feelers out already.

 

[rangerlp]

I might be wrong, but it looked like Reaves had lost a step from last season. Probably getting near his expiration date as someone else suggested...