Kakko and Trouba had zero value. Maybe negative value. They were both terrible and NYR fans couldnt wait to drive them to the airport.

“Trocheck is on one of the best contracts in the entire league and top 5 faceoff guy with a solid 2 way game that is one of the best on the PK.” Other than the salary, you’re describing a third liner. Again, if Drury paid a first, a former first, and a top 4 D man for a 32 year old who is good on draws, people would lose their minds. And rightfully so.

It is agreed that the Nemeth deal wasn’t good. It is what it is though at this point. Don’t think its so egregious that it needs to be brought up all the time. Does Drury getting a first and another pick for Lundqvist get brought up as a great move over and over again? That guy stinks and we made out like bandits. Getting a 2nd and 3rd for Borgen was solid too IMO. Recoup some of those picks that were traded away for Nemeth.

Context behind last seasons finish matters. Fox & Igor were hurt for a huge part of last season. They didn’t have their top goal scorer for half their season which they will now have a replacement in Doro. And yeah, if the team is bad and there’s no point in keeping Patterson, he can likely be moved for good value to a contender at the TDL. If Kreider can fetch a first in your eyes, so can Patterson. Patterson has been traded twice for first round picks, Kreider hasn’t.

There’s a right time to get a 25 year old nearly 40 goal scorer?? You want to talk about a dumb take. This organization isn’t going to just mail in a season before it starts. It’s the New York Rangers, and they already tried the rebuild. They want to show their fans & players that they are committed to competing. Not go into a season with no goal scorer, 20M+ in cap space, and essentially admitting they’re tanking.