Chris Krieder. Krieder has absolutely taken a leadership role on this team maneuvering the youth movement, that being said that doesnt make him untradeable under any circumstance. Krieder has put himself in this position by playing the way he has over the course of his career, hes proven to DOMINATE games when hes motivated, then he disappears for 20 games and gets paid to skate around. I do think krieder may have finally put it all together, but he could just be on a hot streak, time will tell. Regardless, where we are now as an organization with krieder he is simply not a 7Million dollar player, he just isnt. His highest goal totals and point totals to date are 28goals in a year and 53pts in a year up to date, is that a 7million dollar player? The Rangers need to trade him for a sizeable haul and if they really want him back try their best to sign him in the offseason.
As far as the rest of this roster goes, being that we arent near a contender status. The following players should be explored for trades, Strome, De Angelo, Buchenevich and Skjei....Smith if there is a taker.
So I think Strome and De Angelo should be traded while they are both having career years, they will both be overpaid in my opinion and arent worth betting the future on with the prospects we will having coming up in the next year or 2. Buchnevich is at a point where I believe we are seeing his ceiling, I think hes got good skills but isnt a finisher similiar to anisimov. Skjei unfortunately just isnt progressing, similiar to Del zotto he just didnt improve after his rookie season. I was hoping he and Trouba would form the #1 pairing we wanted. Smith should be a salary dump if its possible for whatever you can acquire.