About Time

bad trade for the rangers

How so?

Hutchinson is 29 and has no future with the NYR so he is just a throw-in.
Timashov is a bottom 6 forward that you put on the bench in your line-up. So he has no real future in NYR other than in the bottom 6.
A 3rd round pick is a mid round pick.

Andersson is a former high 1st rounder that has fallen out of favor and requested a trade. He hasn't become the player NYR wanted yet, but he still has value.
Georgiev is only 23 and proven that he is a competent backup in the NHL - he even has some starter potential as well if he continues to develop like he is.

I don't feel that the value matches at all for the NYR to consider this trade. Cam Talbot netted the Rangers 3 picks when he was traded, so the potential for a better return is there.

HOW SO?

Hutchinson is barely an NHL backup at 29. Timashov is barely making the lineup at 23.
Georgiev is a future starter and Andersson a former 7th overall draft pick.

Why in the world would New York do this?

edit: You yourself didn't even put Timashov or Hutchinson in the starting lineup, so you basically traded away a starting goalie and top 10 draft pick for AHL depth and a 3rd round pick. All of New york is grateful you are not their GM

They need depth in goaltending, especially now that Georgiev is being traded. Andersson we know has a bad attitude, and I don’t think the Rangers would want to keep him. Hutchinson would be a formidable goaltender in Hartford, and Timashov could one day find his way into the Rangers lineup, and the third? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see.