Trade between Buffalo / Rangers

[jlapo11]

trades  C Casey Mittelstadt, $0.5m (P-20/21)

for RW Vitali Kravtsov, $m (P-n/a)

First trade with the new manager.

I am trading Mittlestadt because I don't like to have 2 centers from the same team. Hoping that Kravtsov make the team this year. If not I am willing to wait for him as he will become a star.

Thanks for the quick deal. Nobody is losing with this trade.

Pls confirms

[Rob]

I see Kravtsov as the superior prospect here.  Would like to hear Cliff's take on Mittelstadt.

[WestCoastExpress]

I see Kravtsov as the superior prospect here.  Would like to hear Cliff's take on Mittelstadt.

Gotta agree with this 1000%

[SlackJack]

Have to say it's a peeve of mine to see comments from other GM's before the principals both weigh in.

[Thecliff]

   confirm the trade. I like Middelstadt alot and will help my team this year.  As for the future, I will not bank on a player who is still playing in Russia and may never get to the USA.

...as for other GM, wait and see is not my game.

[WestCoastExpress]

As for the future, I will not bank on a player who is still playing in Russia and may never get to the USA.

He's playing in the USA right now as I type this, and will this season...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/rangers-sign-khl-star-vitali-kravtsov-entry-level-contract/


I don't know, for possibly an interim GM, not thinking about the future of the franchise scares me.

That, and I don't see Middelstadt and his 1.18 pts/game "helping" NYR this season, on a current roster already stacked with C eligible players.

[jlapo11]

Middelstatd was No 1 in Hockey News Future Watch in 2018. It was only his 1st full NHL year last year. There still place to improve. Only 20 year old. Give him a chance. They are not all Connor McDavid.

Many players have a disappointing fisrt year. His 2nd full year and future years should normally improve over the time. I still think that nobody is losing with this trade.

Not sure that Kratvsov will make it next year based on Fantrax Review

Kravtsov spent the 2018-19 campaign in his native Russia skating for Traktor Chelyabinsk of the KHL, notching eight goals and 21 points in 50 games. The 2018 first-round pick will likely need some time to adapt to the North American brand of hockey, so it wouldn't be surprising to see him start the 2019-20 season in the minors.

[SlackJack]

  confirm the trade. I like Middelstadt alot and will help my team this year.  As for the future, I will not bank on a player who is still playing in Russia and may never get to the USA.

...as for other GM, wait and see is not my game.

I like Middelstadt a lot too.

[norrya66]

 

I only like to veto if I feel like the trade is so lopsided that it effects league balance. Middelstadt is Young and still has a ton of upside.

[dedreger]