Gorton building a strong team has nothing to do with moronic fans and media thinking that Eichel will come to the Rangers... especially since said moronic fans and media only want to give up Strome and scraps. You're giving up at least Zibanejad+++ for Eichel

I honestly dont think mika will be a part of the trade based on the fact he has one year left and has a NMC. Unless an extension is in place which i doubt. He build a good team but made wrong decisions when it came to signing contracts

Like 10m coming off BO then like 3m the next season plus smith contract is up and worse thing that happens is rangers sign bridge deals and trade kreider and trouba in 2024 when their contracts switch to m-NTC

You don’t have to pay Adam Fox or Kaapo Kakko if they are playing for the Sabres.

Offer Trouba to the Jets 1.25 mil retained

hes just not going to goto canada

From what I read his gripe with the Jets was he wanted to play on the right side but they wanted him to play on the left side

You're right on the NMC, I forgot he had that. I'm sure he wouldn't waive to go to Buffalo at all.

I still don't think Strome and scraps will be considered. At best I imagine it would need to be Strome, Georgiev, Kakko, Lindkvist, several picks, and maybe even Chytil (not sure they need him given Cozens and Mittelstadt, and Strome). But this still puts the Rags in an unnecessary cap hell with Zibanejad, Fox, etc, needing contracts the following year, and with cap raises still being in limbo. I think it's best to just stay as is. I like what the team is building right now. I can't help but feel whatever has gone on in Buffalo somewhat rests on Eichel's shoulders. How many coaches and GMs do you need to fire, before maybe it's just a blank loser mentality in the locker room, that is the captains responsibility? That team has gotten better every year on paper, it's not like none of the GMs have tried at all. I feel bad for Eichel, and maybe a change of scenery would help him, but I don't think it's worth erasing the last 4 years of progress on this gamble, especially given the long term implications.

EDIT: I guess it could help the cap implications to add Buch to the trade. But I'm not sure it's worth getting rid of him.

Lmfao Fox has more value than Eichel

That was BS, was just a politically correct way for Troubas agent to request a trade, Trouba just didn't want to play in Canada.

That was BS, was just a politically correct way for Troubas agent to request a trade, Trouba just didn't want to play in Canada.

To some teams, Rangers included, that may be true.
But my point was...Eichels salary would be offset by expensive players, not scraps. So the cap thing is not as much of an issue in year 2, 3, 4 etc