4:31PM: The official trade from the Rangers is:
To NYR: Andrew Copp, sixth round pick in 2023
To WPG: Morgan Barron, fifth round pick in 2023 and two conditional second round picks:
- Conditional second round pick 1 (NYR’s own second round pick in 2022; becomes a first-round pick in 2022 if the Rangers advance to the Eastern Conference Final and Copp plays in at least 50 percent of New York’s playoff games)
- Conditional second round pick 2 (either STL’s own second round pick in 2022 or NYR’s own second round pick in 2023)
4:20PM: Dreger says that there are multiple conditions attached to the picks that the Rangers are sending to Winnipeg including:
- Second Round Pick that can turn into a First Round pick if the Rangers win two rounds in the playoffs and Copp plays in 50% of the games.
- Second Round pick that Winnipeg can choose to be either in 2022 or 2023
- 2023 5th rounder
- Morgan Barron
The Rangers are also expected to receive a 2023 sixth round pick with Copp.
3:22PM: Darren Dreger says that “picks” and a prospect are the likely return for Copp.
2:48 PM: The Rangers are in “advanced talks” with Winnipeg for Andrew Copp. (Emily Kaplan)
Copp, 27, is a pending UFA and has 13 goals and 22 assists in 56 games for the Jets.
He has played most of this season with Nik Ehlers and Mark Scheifele and is a former teammate of Jacob Trouba at both Michigan and Winnipeg.
He was a fourth-round pick of Winnipeg in 2013 and has a cap hit of $3.64 million.
Copp is averaging 19:48 per game this season and has averaged at least 17:42 per game over the last three years. He has played in 34 career playoff games with Winnipeg.
Ray Ferraro said on TSN that Copp could fit anywhere in the top-nine and make the Rangers a much deeper team.
Adam Rotter: Copp is a versatile forward, similar to Barclay Goodrow, but with maybe a bit more offensive ability. He can go anywhere in the Rangers lineup and it’s possible that he may end up next to Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome. He is almost certainly a pure rental as a pending UFA and someone who, especially if he has a strong playoff, will be able to earn a contract that the Rangers just won’t have the space to give. We’ve seen the impact that Goodrow has had at different times and in different spots throughout the year, so adding another player like him will only deepen the Rangers lineup and give them someone who can go all over.
The price wasn’t too bad. Morgan Barron couldn’t break into the lineup for more than a game at a time and guys like Julien Gauthier and Jonny Brodzinski playing over him. The Rangers have had so many picks the last few years and knowing that you need to give up to get quality, the conditional second rounders aren’t that big of a deal, especially because if the Rangers don’t meet those conditions they will keep their first rounder and if they do meet those conditions then they will be in the final four and then get that second round pick back.