Quoting: AFox23
Other that our lottery picks, most of our prospects are guys who come along every year. We will just replace them. We have to win now while our core is still in their prime.
Just look at our RD. We have Fox, Trouba locked up for years. Why should we be keeping Schneider and Lundqvist? We also have one of the best pipelines in the NHL (if not the best). Might as well use it for something...like improving our team for a cup run.
Hate to break this to you….but NYR are not ready to win now…they have a few holes in the roster and several players (LaF, Chytl, Kakko, Gaut, Miller…to name a few) who are still not THERE yet in terms of being a contender like COL, VGN, CAR, TBL, FLA, or even StL.
I’m all for making some small moves- involving a 3rd or 4th and/or a mid prospect (who probably doesn’t have an NHL path with NYR) for a rental or 2….but if looking to move someone like Nils, Chytl, Jones, Barron, or Robertson- they better be getting back either a building block (like Chyk) or 1st and/or 2nd round picks- so they can land that next set of prospects you say come every year.
The goal shouldn’t be 1 cup run…but several into the foreseeable future