{"id":88314,"date":"2020-10-07T14:37:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=88314"},"modified":"2020-10-07T14:37:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T18:37:59","slug":"new-york-rangers-trade-lias-andersson-to-los-angeles-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/07\/new-york-rangers-trade-lias-andersson-to-los-angeles-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Rangers Trade Lias Andersson to Los Angeles Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There were no trades in the first round of the 2020 NHL Draft, but things are picking up in the second round. Today Elliotte Friedman tweeted this trade:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NYR trades <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/anderli01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lias Andersson<\/a> to LA for this next pick.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1313898225481461761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lias Andersson<\/strong>\u00a0Traded to Los Angeles Kings<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/anderli01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lias Andersson<\/a><\/strong>, you&#8217;ll remember was the the seventh overall pick in the 2017 NHL Draft chosen by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers.<\/a> The Rangers received that pick from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a> who received<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stepade01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Stepan<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/raantan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antti Raanta<\/a><\/strong>. The Rangers also acquired defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/deangan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony DeAngelo<\/a> in the deal. With the seventh pick the Rangers went with Andersson and he has just not worked out in the NHL&#8230; yet. He has only had three goals and six assists in 66 NHL games.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers gave Andersson a shot to be a regular during the 2018-19 season. He only tallied two goals and four assists in 42 games. He was a bit undisciplined taking 29 minutes in penalties. The 5&#8242;-11&#8243;, 198 pound centre who hails from Smogen, Sweden has not reached his peak yet. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/kings\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a> thought it well worth giving up the 60th pick for an original seventh pick to see what he can do.\u00a0 He will need to improve upon his low possession numbers if he wishes to stay in the NHL. His 41.7 Corsi For and -3.4 Relative Corsi are nothing to brag about.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Rangers selected <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/05\/15\/will-cuylle-scouting-report\/\" target=\"_self\">William Cuylle<\/a> with the 60th selection.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means Going Forward<\/h3>\n<p>The Kings are hoping that Andersson can get his head straight and play to the expectation the Rangers had for him when they took him in the 2017 draft. He is a centre but can play on either wing if needed. Perhaps that versatility is what the Kings are looking for in the young prospect.<\/p>\n<p>He possesses suburb hockey knowledge and awareness, great play-making skills, and a net driving force. Now if he can utilize those skills, he will be fine and the Kings will be glad they traded for him. All of that is to be determined, so we&#8217;ll see what the future holds for Lias Andersson.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"RYFpzrmkR2tHPRSWGnEl2g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1187732784\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'RYFpzrmkR2tHPRSWGnEl2g',sig:'J7kp-iRuLGxX538inYjHmGVMpxMTnUkJlWyaBtw1dq8=',w:'594px',h:'420px',items:'1187732784',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; There were no trades in the first round of the 2020 NHL Draft, but things are picking up in the second round. Today Elliotte Friedman tweeted this trade: NYR trades Lias Andersson to LA for this next pick. \u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 7, 2020 &nbsp; Lias Andersson\u00a0Traded to Los Angeles Kings Lias Andersson, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2959,"featured_media":88320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,4547,24,14,4548],"tags":[4199,934,78,48],"class_list":["post-88314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-hockey","category-kings","category-rangers","category-nhl","tag-2020-nhl-draft","tag-lias-andersson","tag-los-angeles-kings","tag-new-york-rangers"],"modified_by":"William Grigsby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}