Trade Market Heats Up Ahead of Freeze | Daily Faceoff LIVE December 19th

[@Deans-jm3uf]

I wasn’t sure why the rangers fans were panicking about the return on the Kakko trade. He was never going to be an elite top line player in NYR

[@kidglove14]

Thank you. I don’t get all the pearl clutching on the Kaako trade. He’s proven he’s not a top 6 scorer, nor a bottom 6 cruncher (which you need vs Fla). Cuylle and Berard have surpassed Kaako in physical play, tenacity and scoring probability. Our near future top 6 is Bread-Tro-Laffy, Cuylle-Chytl-Berard. Frankly, I have more faith in untested Othmann and Perrault in our top 6. At his best, Kaako was an intermittent possession forward who played well on the D side, but not well enough that Ranger fans are justified in confusing him with Pavel Datsyuk. As a bottom 6 winger, you want size and/or grit like Edstrom, and a more developed Rempe. Kaako got plenty of chances per his own admission. If he didn’t have a 2nd overall pedigree, no one would shed a tear at losing someone with Kaako’s numbers because, statistically, he’s a dime a dozen. That we got 2 picks and physical Dman is a decent and unspectacular return, filling a need.

[@Mrbone009]

The Rangers will turn the season around.