RUTGER McGROARTY FINALLY GETS TRADED: ONE-FOR-ONE TRADE TO THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOR BRAYDEN YAGER
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The Winnipeg Jets have traded forward Rutger McGroarty to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Brayden Yager.
This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O’Reilly
This video is also taking place after 2024 NHL Season, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Rutger McGroarty was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 30 of the draft went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
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14 Comments
I made this trade on capfriendly a few months ago. So many Pens fans HATED the trade.
Still can’t over the fact the jets drafted him for character reasons. And mfer did the biggest bitchiest thing anyone could do for an nhl team.
Pens w
quit complaining, he's a year younger, a right shot centre, 2c candidate who is going to get bigger. I think the jets are filling a need and did well
easy penguins win, this team is going to cook in the playoffs lol 😘
Lego, he liked Winnipeg (his mother also liked it there and said so). He didn’t like the fact that he wasn’t guaranteed a spot on the NHL roster, had nothing to do with not liking Winnipeg itself. Get your facts right
Of course if it was Kent Huges, he would have got Crosby, Letang and a first rounder thrown in right? McPhoney may turn out to be a great player for the Pens, maybe he won't. It's a fair trade considering Mr. Primadonna tanked his value by hissy fitting about where he would play. I'll take a talented Western Canadian in the Center position over this entitled over-hyped baby that demands a line-up spot despite never playing an NHL game. Good Riddance and welcome aboard Brayden Yager.
Yager has more upside. Wait and see
Stop trolling. The 2023 Draft was head and shoulders above 2022. Slavkovsky and Wright? vs. Bedard? Are you kidding? McGroarty was projected to be much later in first round in 2022 with the biggest issue being his big lead feet and lack of mobility. He did fine at Michigan but also played with a lot of top 10 draft players. I've seen him in person and watched some of his games . He can be invisible a lot of the time. He goes in front and gets the garbage. His shot is not amazing.- not a play driver. Yaeger has been very good and noticeable on Team Canada. He's played Centre a position the Jets need more depth at. He's a great skater, can carry the puck and he's durable – playing 80 + WHL games from Moose Jaw where road trips are crazy long is no joke. And he likely won't whine like a spoiled child about ice time or the weather. So it's a win for Winnipeg because it's in the name.
Yager more upside
Eren yager
Obviously the Rangers just simply passed on him why when the trade was of such low value because we need as many young centers as we can get
I think that Jaeger will be a good player
A Western Canadian kid who won Rookie of the year, scores like mad, nice moves, etc… etc… Even "IF" McGrumpy signed an ELC in WPG, he may or may not have got onto the roster in 3 years and after that, he would have NOT re-signed. So, the Jets get a Center, who scores, playmakes and leads with personality and skill. Yager is a MUCH better option for WPG. Player v. Player, not a big difference overall. WPG wins this trade by getting a player that is more suited to the team, etc. Give me a talented center who will re-sign in WPG who is a character player. "alright guy…" Oh Lego. You really need to watch Yager play.