Quoting: NystRANGERS
Do you even know who Ziemmer and Mackinnon are? Other than Lindgren who will no doubt not play a healthy 82 games which player traded makes this seem like not a Rangers fan???
Please don’t tell me you a Vesey fan boy, cause you can get any top forward AHL to fill in his spot. Plus wouldn’t you rather make space for a Cuylle or Othmann??? Why waste a lineup spot for a guy who won’t hit defend teammates or has any future upside?
If you haven't noticed, the Rangers are in a "win now" mode while Shesty is on a team friendly contract, so "futures" don't help with that. And you keep taking about "standing up for teammates" yet you want to dump Goodrow, one of our very few players that does that, for a trash 4th liner that can hardly stay in the Hawks line-up along with Vesey and a 2nd round pick. TERRIBLE trade idea IMO. Vesey is worth every penny of $800k, a responsible defensive forward that can play either wing, kill penalties and chip in 25 or so points from the 4th line. If you think an AHL forward can do that, you don't know much about hockey.
Trading Lindgren is absurd, he is the heart and soul of the D corp and team. Lauzon is meh, but he can fight, but who cares. We have Trouba who can do that, and Goodrow.
Trading 2 good, cheap LD prospects for an 18 yo 3rd round pick also makes no sense.
Othmann and Cuylee will both benefit from a year in Hartford, but if they show they are ready now, great, then Drury can move out one or two of the cheap 4th liners he signed this off-season or bury them in the AHL with no cap hit.
Bottom line, none of these trades make the Rangers better now which is what they need most.