The New York Rangers made a pretty impactful trade by sending Kaapo Kakko the former 2nd overall pick to the Seattle Kraken for a defensemen and 2 draft picks. The question is was this a good move for the Rangers?
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You can tell Kakko was playing under great stress. His interview with the Seattle media pretty much told me that, after watching it. He really wanted out but tired his best not to throw anyone under the bus. The Locker Room environment is a lot more toxic currently then I thought.
Not sure why we didn't wait until the deadline. Could have potentially gotten more or packaged him in a larger deal at the deadline. To me this was a panic trade. Drury is "doing something" so that he cannot be accused of "doing nothing".
Its embarrassing every fan base and hockey content creator is ripping on my team and I can't even try to defend . Now I keep seeing rumors of a huge move in the works , if only I trusted Drury .
Borgen sounds like a Walmart version of Jacob Trouba. A mediocre 3rd line defenseman that can make a few hits at a discount price.
The Rangers needed to make deals that actually improved the team now…..not potentially down the road. Sometimes addition by subtraction is good enough but not here. To sum it up , the Rangers traded Trouba and Kakko for two third pair defensemen, if that, three draft picks, 3rd,4th, and a 6th and $6.6 million in cap space. Getting rid of Trouba’s contract was great, but you still had to replace him and trading Kakko for a guy that really doesn’t move the needle and losing $300k in cap space in the deal is bad. I don’t care about the draft picks because that doesn’t help the current roster unless they are flipped. Drury made a knee jerk move because of Kakko’s comments, which were correct, and wound up getting a lot less than his worth.
I can't believe we have signed a goalie to a ludicrous contract to go into a rebuild, whether it ends up that way unintentionally – and I don't trust Drury in the slightest not to make a pigs ear of it – or not. Within that, though, I just don't get this move with Kakko. Doesn't clear cap space, nor adds quality. We are bursting at the seams with bog average D and we hardly needed another.
Drury signed Zibanejad to a horrible contract and I have no doubt the Igor contract has bad optics short to medium term, too. That deal could look very bad well down the line. Let's hope not as bad and as quickly as that of 93.
We traded an overall #2 pick who is currently a +9 for a no name D man who’s currently -13…and some trash picks… bad trade. Really bad trade. Should’ve dumped K’Andre Miller waaaaay before KK
Excellent Trade! Kappo Has Done Nothing Since His Tenure!!!
This could actually end up being a solid deal but I don't buy for a second that Kaako's comments had nothing to do with it. The Rangers absolutely need to rethink how they develop and coach players.
Kakko at the worst will be a solid 12-14 year vet. Will Borgen??? The Rangers should have waited until the trade deadline to move Kakko. Huge mistake by Drury.
All the rafs are going to have to go because moving the big contracts are going to have to be sorted at the deadline or summer. The Rangers don't have a 2 nd round pick until 2030! Borgen can be shuffled out for another pick if he plays well. Hang in there. This is going to be painful but not as shitty as we've been on the ice.🎄🎄🍸🏒