Buchnevich to the Blues

[yave1964]

At first glance this is the third onesided deal of the past two days, first Nedlokjovic to the Wings for a bucket of warmup pucks, then Ristolainen to the Flyers for WAAAY TO MUCH now Buchnevich, nearly a point a game producer for Sammy Blais and a second rounder.

 

  Truth is the Rags had to trade Buchnevich as the cap thing is a factor and they really want to make a run at Eichel, second, with Blais and Goodrow now terrorizing opponents on the bottom six with feisty you cant outwork us mentality and just a touch of scoring, the Rangers already now have a perfectly balanced lineup. Finally, the Rangers have had two years of Kakko and one from Lafrenierre, both in limited roles, someone had to go to give the kids top six minutes. So lots of reasons to actually like the deal from the Rangers perspective.

 

  Buchnevich steps in to either play with Taresenko or to replace him, he was on pace for 71 points over a full season last year and has discovered his game, truly underrated while playing in NYC which is hard to do, he is pure offense and will fit in nicely with the Blues who are trying to stay relevant. 

 

  I give this one to the Blues but the Rangers get an incomplete until they show what they are planning to do with the cap space that they saved.