On two different occasions, I warned that losing Oscar Lindberg was the worst (realistic) outcome of the 2017 expansion draft. So of course, the Rangers did lose Lindberg to Vegas. Rangers fans should be upset, but should not blame management. The gap between him and other options was not high enough to justify whatever trade it would have required to keep him. In terms of options within the team’s control, losing him for nothing seems to have been the least bad option. So it goes.
Life continues. As I advised, replacing him will not be easy.