I'd be okay with a 2nd and 3rd but I'd want at least one of the picks to be in this years draft.

Not sure what Drury's been asking- but so far no bites on Krav. Most teams are probably spooked by the possibility of him going back to the KHL next year. Shame of it is that NYR did everything possible to devalue their player. For sure he needs to continue development- and his offensive production was a disappointment- but he's surprisingly sound defensively and he's not hurting the team when he's on the ice. So it's a real head scratcher that they insist on playing guys like Lesch (0 pts in 35 games) and Blais (when he was here- 0 goals as a Ranger). And Vesey has been OK...but if he was that good playing up they wouldn't be looking to make another deal...reality is he is a 4th liner.

Yeah I think they should have just kept him in the line up. Like you said, he can't be any worse than Blais or Lesh for us at this point. I think what is frustrating for me is that if he just played ball early on (Kravtsov) and got more acclimated to North American ice, he could be really good. I still think they get something for him.

I don't see a problem with one of them being in 2023.

Both NYR and Krav handled the situation poorly early on. That said, I don't know how he is in the locker room (yet haven't heard anything negative or positive) nor do I know how hard Krav works in practice. But at the moment, Gallant isn't looking to go through the required growing pains with him as 2RW. Maybe if he were a little stronger, harder on the puck, stronger along the boards, stronger on his skates, and showed a little more confidence in pouncing on opportunities, Gallant would be more willing to play him at 2RW. These things all can come with playing time- but another thing for sure, Krav is not a 4th line mucker. I guess we'll see what happens...right now best scenario would be to get a 2nd or 3rd for him from a team loaded up with picks. And this is the type of team which (following their sell off) probably has a mid 6 spot for him to slide into. But the threat of returning to KHL doesn't help his value.