One can debate the wisdom of sending two first first-rounders to Tampa Bay to complete the Ryan Callahan-Martin St. Louis trade at the 2014 deadline, and there is certainly room for debate about dealing another first-rounder and Anthony Duclair to the Coyotes for Keith Yandle last year.
But at this moment, there is essentially no debate that allowing Anton Stralman to escape as a free agent in order to sign Dan Boyle on July 1, 2014, stands as Glen Sather’s most regrettable decision of the final 10 years of the Rangers president’s tenure as general manager.
It is generally absurd to draw conclusions based on a three-game sample, even more so when they are the first three games of the season.