A goodrow buy-out doesn’t affect the cap next year and the following year. It hurts 3 years down the road and by then Panarin and Trouba will be near the end of their contracts, on top of the cap suppose to be going up a lot more

Plus I think the rangers would value their only top 6 RW over a lot of other positions on the roster

I meant more of taking the trade angle for Goodrow and pairing him with picks+ or whatever it would take to avoid the buyout route entirely.

The rangers at the very least SHOULD value KK that way. It’s hard to predict a front office that James Dolan is influencing though. Couple years ago when he was focusing more on ruining the Knicks, and I would have a lot more faith in their value assessments lol

I definitely agree. Dolan is probably the main reason why they sped up the rebuild instead of taking the correct course like the devils did

Who cares how you value him to be honest? The trade offer you posted is absurd and really intended to start an argument, so fine, lets have an absurd argument since that is what you are looking for.

He'd play PK1, better and cheaper than dvorak, and put up a higher 5v5 point rate than kirby dach. Among the 11 habs forwards who had at least 500 minutes 5v5, ONLY Caufield and Suzuki scored more than Mcleods 1.66 P/60

Among guys with 500 minutes 5v5, only suzuki and caufield put up more 5v5 P/60 than mcleod (1.66). Yes that includes elite josh anderson and elite kirby dach. Mcleod is also way better defensively

So you’re angry at the justification?

Not angry a bit troll, just sinking to your level, which is absurdity.

You’ve said the word absurd a few times, but so far I’m the only one who has contributed any justification.

There is no justification for your absurdity, but think what you want.

Why? And How is it absurdity?

If you need that explained to you, your hockey knowledge is zero. Sorry, can't help you, learn the game first then come back to me.

Is Ad Hominem all you are going to bring to the table? I’m happy to hear actual rebutes to my points on the rangers deal, but it’s just ironic that someone is talking about not having any hockey knowledge, while getting out of hockey talks by deflecting with fallacies

A player can be a bust, but still have some value. Yes, he is a bust. He has not lived up to 2OA. He is still a respectable player if you ignore his draft pedigree

Then I guess Thompson was a bust prior to breaking out? Lol

I mean yeah. Unless Kakko has some spectacularly rare breakout like Thompson, then yes he is a bust. Thompson breakout is an anomaly. Basically a miracle that hardly ever happens. He was also not a 2nd overall either so expectations were lower to begin with.

Some players are known to be late breakouts. The problem is that everyone expects these top 5 picks to come into the league and put up crosby, Mcdavid, matthews numbers lol

I'd happily have him on the Canucks for a 3rd and 4th

After 4 years, you'd like to see them at least be a top 6 forward. Kakko is still a solid player at this point. Very good 3rd liner.

Kreider Mika Kakko 1st line was among the best in the league lol Gallant was too stubborn to keep them together

There is no point to discussing your absurd trade offer, so troll elsewhere.

Why am I the troll? What is absurd? Still happy to hear, but I fully expect deflection again

And thats definitely unfortunate, but it shows Kakko is not a playdriver. He plays well with good linemates, but doesn't generate much for himself

Guess we’ll see how he does under an aggressive offense with Laviolette

Nice try troll