Montreal says deal to both

I've been saying all along that NYR should hold out for a deal involving a 2022 1st...lowest I'd go is (2) 2nds...given Montreal's anticipated draft slot I'd give Arizona an opportunity to match, and then cut bait. Krav gets a fresh start with a rebuilding team, MTL (or AZN) gets a player who (with maturity) can develop into a star, and NYR exchange a headache for 2 good pick in a deep draft...problem solved all around!

Not doing the Chytl deal, though.

Buffalo pass, we don't need Nemeth and Georgiev doesn't cost that much.

Montreal is not in a position to trade picks. It`s the opposite, they will trade for picks or prospects.
We already have Josh Anderson. No need for Vitali Kravtsov

Montreal and Arizona have the two worst records in the league. Very highly doubt that either of them would trade such a high 1st round pick. But both teams 2nd round pick is really like a late 1st round pick (#33 or #34) and their 3rd round picks are like a late 2nd round pick (#65 or #66) as well.

Not sure if the Rangers could get a 1st round pick for Chytil. I figure Drury will have to trade Chytil, Georgiev, and Nemeth in order to resign Strome. So I believe there’s a good chance again next season that Montreal will struggle and the 2nd round pick will be more like a late 1st round pick.

Paquette is just a low value UFA veteran throw in, but his game is more suited for the playoffs and could help the Rangers 3rd or 4th lines contribute in the postseason.

Gorton drafted both Kravtsov and Chytil, so he might jump at the opportunity to get two 1st round pick prospects for only two 2nd round picks and a 3rd round pick. Not including Paquette who’s just a throw in that maybe a team or two would trade a 7th round pick for.

Might do Harris for Kravtsov, two players who might not have any interest in playing for their respective teams.
Not interested in moving 2 picks for a guy that isn't willing to get some seasoning in the minors if necessary.

Nemeth is a salary dump. But Georgiev has improved his trade value with the way he’s played when Shesterkin was just out of the lineup.

Georgiev is proving to be a much better goaltender when he’s starting most of the games or at least half the games. He’s also shown that he could perform well on a rebuilding team that gives up a lot of shots on goal.

I believe Georgiev would fetch a 2nd and a 3rd round picks on the open market or at least two 3rd round picks. With the Nemeth salary dump and two low value veteran throw in’s, I figure it becomes just a 3rd round pick.

I believe the Rangers want more than a player like Harris. Kravtsov stated that if traded he would report to the AHL, just not the Rangers AHL team. Also Gorton drafted him and knows how good of a player he actually is.

I know Nemeth is a cap dump, but why is Georgiev going to get so much? His stats don't look great.

Hagg might get 4th at TDL, Tokarski probably late pick. As a result, we take cap dump in Nemeth and still pay 3rd? I don't see a fair deal for Buffalo.

Heard they wanted a good prospect, but that's subjective anyway. Did not hear Kravtsov would report to AHL. Why not do it for the Rangers?

If the supply market for a goalie is strong and the trade value for a goalie is weak and Hagg is worth a 4th round pick at the trade deadline, Hagg could be taken out of the trade and the trade offer could proceed without him.

Even if Hagg out, how much must Rangers pay the other team to take on Nemeth's contract? Buffalo is not competing now, and it would be weird to pay a couple picls for Georgiev.

Good question... From what I understand Kravtsov last season used his out clause to play in the KHL for a salary in the million(s) range instead of the low AHL salary. Allegedly Drury told the team that Kravtsov had quit the team and went back to Russia.

Kravtsov though had no out clause in his contract for this season. Kravtsov was under the impression from comments and actions made by the organization that he was going to make the team out of training camp...

When Buchnevich was traded, the Rangers claimed their rationale for trading him was the salary cap and also to give young players like Kakko, Laffy, and Kravtsov, more playing time. The Rangers also told Kravtsov not to attend rookie camp, which further gave the impression that he was going to make the NHL team.

But when the final cuts were made and the season opener against Wilson and Washington was around the corner. The Rangers went with Tinordi’s toughness in the starting line up and Lundkvist, Hunt, and Hajek, as the three scratched players.

Kravtsov was extremely unhappy and didn’t report to the AHL because he mistrusts Drury. Kravtsov stated at that point that he would report to another teams AHL team if traded, but not to the Rangers AHL affiliate.

He later said after the Rangers granted permission for him to play in the KHL this season that he hopes to be able to report to the Rangers after the KHL regular season or playoffs conclude. So there’s still hope that things can somehow get worked out, but most likely he’s traded unless every NHL team extremely low balls the Rangers in trade requests.

Hope that explains it.

I don't see the pegulas agreeing to add salary unless something pretty nice is coming back, like a short term cap dump for a first. Not that it should cost the rangers that much to get rid of nemeth, but we wouldn't be buying, and it's only worse that he plays left d, a position where we have more guys than spots to play them, starting next year. I don't see many teams taking on salary on the cheap.

Pegulas can pay, but we still need to hit the ceiling. But then Rangers have to pay to take on Nemeth's contract, possibly 3rd or 2nd. But we don't have to pay in this deal. I would not give more than 3rd for Georgiev now.

This deal should look something like this:

Nemeth
Georgiev
3rd

for

Hagg
Tokarski

Nemeth can play LD & RD and is somewhat serviceable. He at least does a good job of physically covering opponents around the net. Though sometimes he unfortunately checks players into the goalie from time to time. Which is not a particularly good way to make oneself popular amongst the fan base.

The Rangers wouldn’t mind keeping Nemeth for the duration of his contract, they just have to shred his $2.5 million salary off the cap in order to resign Strome. Also Nils Lundkvist, Zack Jones and Libor Hajek have outplayed Nemeth.

Anyway, Nemeth can play Left & Right-D and is a rather small cap dump of $1,375,000 if he’s sent to the AHL.