Rangers trade for Andrew Copp and Tyler Motte at the zero hour!!!!
Rangers trade for Andrew Copp and Tyler Motte at the zero hour and are suddenly a MUCH deeper team!! Full episode of Locked On New York Rangers dropping later today!!
New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the team has acquired forward Andrew Copp and a sixth-round selection in the 2023 NHL Draft from the Winnipeg Jets. In exchange, the Rangers have traded forward Morgan Barron, two conditional second round picks (conditions listed below), and a fifth-round pick in 2023.
Conditional second round pick 1 (NYR's own second round pick in 2022; becomes a first-round pick in 2022 if the Rangers advance to the Eastern Conference Final and Copp plays in at least 50 percent of New York's playoff games) Conditional second round pick 2 (either STL's own second round pick in 2022 or NYR's own second round pick in 2023)
Thank you, Tyler Motte. Heart and soul player who delivered in clutch moments, like the 2020 bubble playoffs.
Solid player, better person. Did great things for the mental health community. That's the type of person you want representing your franchise.
As for Motte, he was true to his word and work ethic in advance of the trade deadline.
“I’ve always been a skater, worked hard and added some offence as the years have gone on,” he said. “I’m reliable and love to kill penalties. I try to show up every night to help the team win and sometimes it’s blocking a shot or potting a goal. It’s the same mindset every night. It’s business as usual.”
12:15 p.m. That’s it
Or so the word is. The Canucks didn’t do much in the end. They’ve still got all their top players. Lots of decisions to be made still.
11:55 a.m. Motte off to Big Apple
Tyler Motte is off to the New York Rangers.
The 2023 draft, by the way, is considered to be much deeper than the 2022 draft.
Sounds like Canucks were trying to sign Motte to an extension but obviously couldn’t work anything out.
11:30 a.m. Is it worth it?
Great stat here from the Canadian Press’ Josh Clipperton:
We can see these moves almost never pay off immediately, I would be interested to see the stats about whether these moves make a difference a season later.
Canucks deal Tyler Motte to Cup-contending New York Rangers for fourth-round 2023 draft pick ——–
Tyler Motte is getting a chance to win it all.
With the speedy, feisty and hard-hitting Vancouver Canucks left-winger moving to the New York Rangers at the National Hockey League trade deadline Monday for a fourth-round 2023 draft pick, it’s sort of a win-win for both franchises.
The Rangers get everything they could want in a fearless unrestricted free agent fourth-liner for a serious Stanley Cup playoff push. The Canucks get another draft pick for what is a better draft in 2023 because they are also in salary-cap management mode.
The Canucks didn’t want to offer Motte a sizeable raise on his expiring $US 1.225-million cap hit and US $1.45 million in actual salary.
Among Canucks forwards this season, the 27-year-old Motte was first in blocked shots (51), second in team hits (90), was on the first-pairing penalty kill with J.T. Miller and worked well in a shutdown role. He had 15 points in 49 games (7-8), 22 penalty minutes and is a former Masterton Trophy nominee.
With the clock ticking down to Monday’s noon (Pacific time) deadline, Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin was doing double duty in trying to sign Motte while finding out if there would be a greater trade return.
“It was a little bit of both I would say,” Allvin said at an afternoon news conference. “For myself, in talking to a lot of teams and feeling out with what they were thinking about our players, that’s where we wound up with the fourth-round pick. There were some teams checking in on him, but we felt the draft in 2023 was a little bit better. And when it was clear we couldn’t sign him, we had to maximize our return.
“The (draft pick) value gives us a little more ammunition if we want to do something and gives us time to check this draft (2022) out, if we want to move up, or another player becomes available.”
If the Canucks had come close to a contract, Motte would have had leverage to possibly double his salary, with Sean Kuraly’s contract in Columbus being cited as a possible comparable.
Like Motte, the Blue Jackets’ bottom-six forward had never hit 10 goals in any NHL season, but now has 11 and plays an appreciated bump-and-grind game. At age 29, he has three years remaining at a US $2.5-million annual cap hit.
The Canucks have younger and cheaper roster options or prospects to promote. In the interim, they could supplant Motte from within, or give a winger like Will Lockwood, 23, a look along with defenceman Jack Rathbone, 22. Especially if the season continues to go south and the club needs to get a roster read on next season. Allvin believes that will likely occur.
Motte works his ass off every shift. Blocks kills penalties and can lay a decent hit for his size. Small in stature LARGE in determination. Great playoff depth for a Rangers squad that looks ready to make a push.
Tyler Motte for a 4th pick is a steal, he is a puck possession play driving 4th liner. At times the 4th line of the Canucks was dominating being driven by Motte's speed and grit.
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New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the team has acquired forward Andrew Copp and a sixth-round selection in the 2023 NHL Draft from the Winnipeg Jets. In exchange, the Rangers have traded forward Morgan Barron, two conditional second round picks (conditions listed below), and a fifth-round pick in 2023.
Conditional second round pick 1 (NYR's own second round pick in 2022; becomes a first-round pick in 2022 if the Rangers advance to the Eastern Conference Final and Copp plays in at least 50 percent of New York's playoff games)
Conditional second round pick 2 (either STL's own second round pick in 2022 or NYR's own second round pick in 2023)
paid alot for Copp, perhaps keeping him over Strome next year?
Thank you, Tyler Motte. Heart and soul player who delivered in clutch moments, like the 2020 bubble playoffs.
Solid player, better person. Did great things for the mental health community. That's the type of person you want representing your franchise.
As for Motte, he was true to his word and work ethic in advance of the trade deadline.
“I’ve always been a skater, worked hard and added some offence as the years have gone on,” he said. “I’m reliable and love to kill penalties. I try to show up every night to help the team win and sometimes it’s blocking a shot or potting a goal. It’s the same mindset every night. It’s business as usual.”
12:15 p.m. That’s it
Or so the word is. The Canucks didn’t do much in the end. They’ve still got all their top players. Lots of decisions to be made still.
11:55 a.m. Motte off to Big Apple
Tyler Motte is off to the New York Rangers.
The 2023 draft, by the way, is considered to be much deeper than the 2022 draft.
Sounds like Canucks were trying to sign Motte to an extension but obviously couldn’t work anything out.
11:30 a.m. Is it worth it?
Great stat here from the Canadian Press’ Josh Clipperton:
We can see these moves almost never pay off immediately, I would be interested to see the stats about whether these moves make a difference a season later.
Canucks deal Tyler Motte to Cup-contending New York Rangers for fourth-round 2023 draft pick ——–
Tyler Motte is getting a chance to win it all.
With the speedy, feisty and hard-hitting Vancouver Canucks left-winger moving to the New York Rangers at the National Hockey League trade deadline Monday for a fourth-round 2023 draft pick, it’s sort of a win-win for both franchises.
The Rangers get everything they could want in a fearless unrestricted free agent fourth-liner for a serious Stanley Cup playoff push. The Canucks get another draft pick for what is a better draft in 2023 because they are also in salary-cap management mode.
The Canucks didn’t want to offer Motte a sizeable raise on his expiring $US 1.225-million cap hit and US $1.45 million in actual salary.
Among Canucks forwards this season, the 27-year-old Motte was first in blocked shots (51), second in team hits (90), was on the first-pairing penalty kill with J.T. Miller and worked well in a shutdown role. He had 15 points in 49 games (7-8), 22 penalty minutes and is a former Masterton Trophy nominee.
With the clock ticking down to Monday’s noon (Pacific time) deadline, Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin was doing double duty in trying to sign Motte while finding out if there would be a greater trade return.
“It was a little bit of both I would say,” Allvin said at an afternoon news conference. “For myself, in talking to a lot of teams and feeling out with what they were thinking about our players, that’s where we wound up with the fourth-round pick. There were some teams checking in on him, but we felt the draft in 2023 was a little bit better. And when it was clear we couldn’t sign him, we had to maximize our return.
“The (draft pick) value gives us a little more ammunition if we want to do something and gives us time to check this draft (2022) out, if we want to move up, or another player becomes available.”
If the Canucks had come close to a contract, Motte would have had leverage to possibly double his salary, with Sean Kuraly’s contract in Columbus being cited as a possible comparable.
Like Motte, the Blue Jackets’ bottom-six forward had never hit 10 goals in any NHL season, but now has 11 and plays an appreciated bump-and-grind game. At age 29, he has three years remaining at a US $2.5-million annual cap hit.
The Canucks have younger and cheaper roster options or prospects to promote. In the interim, they could supplant Motte from within, or give a winger like Will Lockwood, 23, a look along with defenceman Jack Rathbone, 22. Especially if the season continues to go south and the club needs to get a roster read on next season. Allvin believes that will likely occur.
Motte works his ass off every shift. Blocks kills penalties and can lay a decent hit for his size. Small in stature LARGE in determination. Great playoff depth for a Rangers squad that looks ready to make a push.
Tyler Motte for a 4th pick is a steal, he is a puck possession play driving 4th liner. At times the 4th line of the Canucks was dominating being driven by Motte's speed and grit.