Kevan Miller is not someone Jeff Gorton would be interested in. If I were him, I wouldn’t trade Kreider to the Bruins without either Carlo or Urho Vaakananien in return.

Rangers need quality, not quantity

Exactly, Krieder is the last player they can probably sell off and get a good return so I think it would take a first round pick (2019 or 2020) and at least one real good prospect. I think they'd rather trade him to a team picking higher than the Bruins ever do (Arizona, Florida, and Colorado come to mind).

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Yeah Idk about the rangers trade for the bruins either, we don't really need more forwards, soooo much depth... but we should keep miller because the defense just keeps getting killed... As far as the other trade, I like it a lot... Minnesota gets another good prospect and Backes goes home, good for both teams!

? He's very, very comparable to Adam McQuaid who he traded for last season then shipped out. It makes sense for him to do the same thing this year if he needs an extra D because they can sell him at the deadline.

As far as the first trade goes: I like it, I've done the exact trade in one of my own mocks.

The second trade doesn't make much sense for New York. I think if they trade for Miller they are giving up a 4th and 7th like they did McQuaid and then they get it back at the deadline. I don't think they trade Kreider for a package of 2nd round picks and prospects, they need something high end for him.

I didn’t know much about Kevan Miller’s game. I personally still wouldn’t want Kevan Miller but I bet Gorton would

If the Rangers managed to trade Shattenkirk this offseasons a trade for a vet like Miller might make sense. Otherwise he would be blocking someone's ice time.

Exactly

It depends. If he wants to "rent" a defenseman for zero cost it's a solid option. He traded a 4th, conditional 7th and Steven Kampfer for McQuaid. Then turned around and traded McQuaid for a 4th, 7th and Julius Bergman who has higher upside than Kampfer who's like a 9th defenseman. If it's a trade like that then it makes sense to do to stay competitive adding a gritty dman who can play 18-19 minutes a night and then recouping the picks you traded for him at the deadline because he's a pending ufa just like McQuaid was. I thought what they did with McQuaid was smart, so I'd think the same thing if they did it with Miller who's, by most peoples accounts, better than McQuaid.