It was a first and prospect according to athletic but idk what they actually moved. Nevermind I see it now
- Upstate_isles

The prospect is a guy i never heard of and someone nobody in the rangers thread seems to care about.

Blue taco?
- potvin05

No, I think Blue taco was a Blues fan. The guy I'm thinking of was an Isles fan who didn't want the Isles to trade for Tarasenko because of his shoulder injury. He claimed to have some expertise in the field, based on his father having a bad shoulder which never got better...........or some such story.

The prospect is a guy i never heard of and someone nobody in the rangers thread seems to care about.
- potvin05

Their powerplay is going to be that much better. Long term isles did better with horvat although it remains to be seen if the rangers can retain taresenko. They are also 1 piece away from a run and the isles aren't.

No, I think Blue taco was a Blues fan. The guy I'm thinking of was an Isles fan who didn't want the Isles to trade for Tarasenko because of his shoulder injury. He claimed to have some expertise in the field, based on his father having a bad shoulder which never got better...........or some such story.
- JohnScammo

Bringbacknyi?

Their powerplay is going to be that much better
- Upstate_isles

Yeah, this is a monster trade for them.

We need input from that poster who was an expert on shoulder injuries.
- JohnScammo

Didn’t Tarasenko have shoulder surgery?

Didn’t Tarasenko have shoulder surgery?
- kindlyrick

Yea and then played 75 games amd out up points without issues

Bringbacknyi?
- potvin05

Yeah, something like that, I think. I really don't remember. It wasn't anyone who posts here regularly now. Nor was it Gaines.

Yea and then played 75 games amd out up points without issues
- Upstate_isles

Yup, thereby calling into question the poster's expertise on shoulder injuries.

Fleece-job of epic proportions. The 1st rounder is the worse of the 2 picks (theirs and Dallas’). Unbelievable

Fleece-job of epic proportions. The 1st rounder is the worse of the 2 picks (theirs and Dallas’). Unbelievable
- potvin05

2 2nds and Bailey is looking better and better...

Fleece-job of epic proportions. The 1st rounder is the worse of the 2 picks (theirs and Dallas’). Unbelievable
- potvin05

He had a full no trade so they were hindered by that

2 2nds and Bailey is looking better and better...
- JohnScammo

not much of a difference.

Yea and then played 75 games amd out up points without issues
- Upstate_isles

Pts aside, I think surgery is a big deal. I’d still have taken him in a heartbeat, but perhaps that’s why a former 50 goal scorer didn’t fetch a kings ransom in return

I thought I read something about Pat Kane needing surgery on his hip and that’s affected him being traded. 🤷🏻‍♂️

He had a full no trade so they were hindered by that
- Upstate_isles

I don’t know the Rangers cap situation but maybe he wants to stay long-term?

Pts aside, I think surgery is a big deal. I’d still have taken him in a heartbeat, but perhaps that’s why a former 50 goal scorer didn’t fetch a kings ransom in return
- kindlyrick

St Louis could only trade him to a team he wanted to go to so I think that really weakened their return

I don’t know the Rangers cap situation but maybe he wants to stay long-term?
- potvin05

Hes 3 years older than horvat so a long term deal seems like a huge risk. If they can do 3 or 4 years I would do it

Rangers also getting D Niko Mikkola in the deal

Rangers get:
Tarasenko
Mikkola

Blues get:
2023 1st
Sammy Blais
Hunter Skinner
2024 4th
- keaner17

Huh.

Guess Bailey and two 2nds wasn’t that far off.

Hes 3 years older than horvat so a long term deal seems like a huge risk. If they can do 3 or 4 years I would do it
- Upstate_isles

Both he and Mikkola are UFAs next year. That along with RFA status for Chytil, Lafreniere, Kravstov, Gauthier, K'Andre Miller and they need a backup goalie. They have $16m to spend before those extensions

St Louis could only trade him to a team he wanted to go to so I think that really weakened their return
- Upstate_isles

True. Fair point

Wide open game.