Brooks hates Shatty
Joined: Jul. 2019
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Rangers don't need a 36 year old center who played about half the season last year due to injury. Team is rebuilding/building (whatever you want to call it). Trading for a player like that would be something they would do at the deadline if they definitely in the playoffs and think they have a chance. Fat chance that is happening and no way are they going after Koivu.
As for Laine, you want to have about 28.7 million in cap tied up in 3 players (Panarin, Trouba and Laine) that have never played for the Rangers? 35% of the entire cap in 3 players... ain't happening, especially when guys like Chytil, Kakko, Kravstov, Fox, and Shesterkin come off ELC deals this team will be in cap hell. Lastly, Davidson and Gorton believe in building the team through the draft, they are not going to undue everything they did by trading 2 first rounders.