[Trade] Coyotes acquire Raanta and Stepan from Rangers for 7th OA and DeAngelo

[cannon7]

Originally Posted by SofaProfessor

DeAngelo is a pretty highly touted young defence prospect, is he not? Is there more than one DeAngelo there?

Might have mixed up players. Maybe it's a closer deal than I thought at first glance.

[Jordan!]

Looking forward to watching a highly mobile/athletic goalie again instead of just a big guy between the pipes.

Hell of a lot younger too. Very Kiprusoff-esque in style

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by cannon7

It would be difficult to argue that Smith is superior to Raanta at this point in their careers.

Smith played in +26 games and faced more than twice as many shots on goal than did Raanta last year. The difference in their SP is 0.08, but Smith played on a team that faced +4 more shots than NYR every night.

Raanta is an unknown commodity; it remains to be seen if he is even a starting goaltender.

[Since1984]

Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow

Looking forward to watching a highly mobile/athletic goalie again instead of just a big guy between the pipes.

Hell of a lot younger too. Very Kiprusoff-esque in style

So what you are saying is Mike Smith, is just a big guy between the pipes?

[Hey Connor, It's Mess]

Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow

Looking forward to watching a highly mobile/athletic goalie again instead of just a big guy between the pipes.

Hell of a lot younger too. Very Kiprusoff-esque in style

Good luck with that.

[Jordan!]

Originally Posted by Since1984

So what you are saying is Mike Smith, is just a big guy between the pipes?

Last year, not so much. He seemed more comfortable recovering from his knee issue. Previous years? Yes.

Which isn't a bad thing.. but it's more fun as a fan to watch a guy like Raanta, in my opinion.

[cannon7]

Originally Posted by automaton 3

Its Anthony DeAngelo, D man. Drafted 19th overall in 2014.

Was thinking Anthony Duclair for some reason.

[Jordan!]

Originally Posted by Hey Connor, It's Mess

Good luck with that.

Ditto. Smith is another knee injury away from his career being over.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by cannon7

Coyotes win this one pretty handily, IMO. A 7th overall in a weak draft and a declining young forward for a starting goalie and a top-six center? Come on.

Flames could have probably had Raanta for the 16th. I would've pulled the trigger on that if I was Treliving.

Who has never been a starter

[GullFoss]

A 7th OA pick is generally a top 6/top 4 player that is going to give your team 7-10 years at a below market contract.

So from that standpoint, it seems like a high acquisition cost for a 6.5m cap hit player who is in (or even past) his prime years and a goalie who hits UFA next year.


That said, Arizona starts to look quite competitive all of a sudden.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by kingkahuna

Glad we stayed away at that cost

I was thinking the same thing, 7th overall? I cant even imagine what they must have been asking from us.

[cannon7]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Who has never been a starter

Because he was stuck behind Henrik Lundqvist. Where you saying the same thing about Talbot?

[TheScorpion]

Jeez, the 'Yotes are acting like me in the CPHL. Endless deals

Craig Morgan @craigsmorgan 24s25 seconds ago
And still, I do not believe the Coyotes are finished dealing.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Am I the only one who thinks that Raanta is pretty average?

If Raanta plays average as a starter - that is if he has a league average save percentage and starts 55+ games - that will be an absolute slam dunk win for them.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by cannon7

Because he was stuck behind Henrik Lundqvist. Where you saying the same thing about Talbot?

Thats one of the few things that the Rangers have had going their way, they've been developing good goalies who get stuck behind Lundquist and then they turn around and turn those goalies into assets.

Must be nice. Bastards.

[Ashasx]

DeAngelo traded again. I don't think he is well-liked in this league.

[SuperMatt18]

Yeah smart moves from the Coyotes IMO

Understand you don't wait until after a players ELCs are over to try to be good - need to win when your young players are on ELCs.

7th overall and DeAngelo isn't a cheap price to pay but it's worth it to get out of a never ending rebuild and for your two most important positions (C & G)

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

DeAngelo traded again. I don't think he is well-liked in this league.

Yep the rumoured attitude issues may have some basis in fact

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by cannon7

Because he was stuck behind Henrik Lundqvist. Where you saying the same thing about Talbot?

Talbot looked quite a bit better in NYR in his two years there than did Raanta. In a day and age when the trend in goaltending is towards size, there is a pretty big risk here that he will not manage well with a starter's load of games. How many starting goalies under 6'2" are there in the NHL?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by cannon7

Because he was stuck behind Henrik Lundqvist. Where you saying the same thing about Talbot?

For every Talbot there are many guys who don't turn out...until someone proves they are a legit NHL starter they aren't