Acquired: Trade, Aug. 22, 2024 This season: The expectations were in place immediately for Rutger McGroarty. And he did not meet them, at least not at first.

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That would be young forward prospects Ville Koivunen and Rutger McGroarty. Koivunen, 22, and McGroarty, 21, both made strong impressions in a small sample size to close out the 2024-25 season.

Last summer. Kyle Dubas made a bold move to acquire top prospect Rutger McGroarty from the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for his own top prospect Brayden Yager. McGroarty, then playing college hockey ...

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The unusual step is a team coming out and admitting the player isn’t going to be coming their way, as Tampa GM Julien BriseBois did yesterday. This is essentially the Rutger McGroarty situation.

Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen are good, young players. Harrison Brunicke and Sergei Murashov look like impactful prospects. That’s great. But most organizations have those types of prospects.