LIVE: Rangers trade for Pavel Dorofeyev, Draft Alberts Smits

Joe and Eric are LIVE for round one of the NHL draft. Within the first 20 minutes, Chris Drury drops a bomb, trading for 25-year-old Pavel Dorofayev—37 goals, 12 playoff goals this past spring—for the 26th overall pick, a third-rounder, and a conditional top-10-protected 2028 first, then locks him up immediately at seven years and $11 million a year. Eric and Joe spend a while just absorbing the enormity of it. Then the Rangers use the fifth pick on Latvian defenseman Alberts Smits, while Chase Reid sits on the board, and the broadcast hits a brief freakout before Chip, and prospect expert Chris and Roberto join to talk everyone down. Also: why it's a good thing the Rangers let St. Louis pay 15 and 29 for Mason McTavish, where Trocheck could actually be headed, why the Florida Panthers are assembling the most hateable roster in recent memory, and why anyone still complaining about giving Jason Robertson $15 million should reconsider. Also Chip's cat Mando opines from three rooms away. Give it a listen!Watch & subscribe to the podcast on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to Blueshirt Banter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for $85/year to read and comment on all of our great content!