The New York Rangers are in their Stanley Cup window and are expected to be buyers throughout the season and one trade pitch has them solidifying their forward group.
The website PuckPedia‘s PuckGM tool lets users create their own trades, and one user proposed a deal that would see the Rangers re-acquiring Andrew Copp from the Detroit Red Wings.
The proposed deal does make sense as the Rangers get the more proven player while Detroit takes a flier on the former second-overall pick and gets a draft pick.
Copp is entering the third year of his five-year $28.13 million deal.
The veteran forward played 16 regular season games and 20 playoff games with the Rangers in the 2021-22 season as he was a trade deadline addition by New York.
After the Rangers were eliminated in the playoffs, he signed a five-year deal with the Red Wings.
Copp is a gritty forward who could be New York’s third-line center and add some scoring to the bottom of the lineup.
Last season with the Red Wings, Copp skated in 79 games recording 13 goals and 20 assists for 33 points.
Detroit, meanwhile, gets Kakko who was selected second overall in the 2019 NHL draft.
However, he has struggled to be a consistent NHL player and has been rumored to be a trade candidate.
But, Kakko is just 23 and a change of scenery could be good for the former second-overall pick who has shown flashes of being an impact NHL player.
