Rangers Wished a Defenseman in Return for Kaapo Kakko
Pierre LeBrun, TSN Hockey Insider, joined Jay Onrait on SportsCenter on Wednesday night and was requested in regards to the commerce of Kaapo Kakko by the New York Rangers to the Seattle Kraken and who advantages most from it.
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Jay Onrait: “New York Rangers have traded Kaapo Kakko to the Seattle Kraken for defenseman Will Borgen in a 3rd and sixth-round decide of the 2025 NHL Draft. This comes a day after the 2019 second-overall decide was very outspoken about being a wholesome scratch Sunday. Kakko 14 factors in 30 video games this season.
Right here’s our buddy Pierre LeBrun, our hockey analyst, to speak about a lot of issues, together with Pierre this Kakko commerce that I feel all of us noticed coming. However boy, did it occur quick. Scratched on Sunday, outspoken about it afterward. Three days later, he’s off to Seattle. What was your response to the commerce, and who do you suppose is perhaps subsequent?”
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Pierre LeBrun: “Yeah, nicely, initially, Jay, you already know, we’re not shocked, however not a lot due to how spoken he was at being scratched. I imply, that’s the apparent response to the truth is, let’s give some credit score right here to my good buddy Darren Dreger, who was the primary insider a lot of weeks in the past on Insider Buying and selling, to say this man’s in the marketplace once more, Kaapo Kakko and he may get traded.
And on the time, I feel that it caught some individuals abruptly, as a result of the main target was a lot on (Jacob) Trouba and on (Chris) Kreider, and the memo that Chris Drury had despatched out, in fact, Trouba was traded. However the actuality is, the Rangers have been speaking to groups on Kakko for fairly some time, method earlier than he received scratched on the weekend and method earlier than he had his feedback about feeling like he received singled out unfairly.
So this wasn’t a reactionary commerce, I suppose is what I’m making an attempt to say. It’s been weeks within the making. And pay attention, there have been a lot of groups that wished to get their fingers on Kakko, who’s been disappointing for probably the most half, when it comes to not discovering consistency in his sport, given his pedigree, since he’s been a Ranger. However loads of groups actually wished the possibility to get the two.0 model and hope {that a} reset and a refresh may very well be good for him with them.
That’s why Seattle has been on him for some time, and I do know from exchanging messages with the Kraken tonight, like they’re fairly excited. They suppose that he can discover his sport in Seattle. They actually hope he can and in the event that they do, the ceiling play on this commerce is for Seattle, not as a lot for the Rangers.
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They received a great defenseman in Will Borgen and naturally, and it’s onerous to commerce for a defenseman, they usually want a defenseman after buying and selling Trouba. However the actuality is, the ceiling play right here is certainly for Ron Francis and the Seattle Kraken.
However one of many issues that I heard from, from one of many groups who additionally wished to get in on Kakko is that they didn’t have a defenseman to commerce the Rangers. The Rangers have made it clear the groups calling on Kakko, we want a D again, and Seattle was capable of step up there.
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