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I think it's worth it, despite Kaapo's skating concerns and he may ultimately being only a 3rd line winger. However, the hawks are thin at the RW position with young players or prospects, so think it would work as such for the Hawks even if he never amounts to more than a 3rd line RW long-term.
I also think the rangers would want more, but Kaapo at best may be worth a very late 1st at this point so the Rangers may just be better holding onto him. I would propose Raylor Raddsh plus the 2nd round pick as a better solution given that Raddysh is also a RW and going to be cheaper for the Rangers. In this instance, Raddysh is more or less a even swap positionaly and as a player but cheaper and Rangers get the 2nd round pick as well. Hawks are purely better Kaapo becomes more than Raddysh.