Are the New York Rangers Carried out Reshaping their Roster?
TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun joined Jay Onrait on SportsCenter and was requested in regards to the New York Rangers and if Basic Supervisor Chris Drury was carried out making trades between now and the March seventh NHL Commerce Deadline.
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Jay Onrait: “Do you see the opportunity of Chris Drury turning round straight away and making one other deal. He’s traded (Jacob) Trouba, however as you talked about, (Kaapo) Kakko comes subsequent. We all know Chris Kreider‘s identify was on the market anybody else?”
Pierre LeBrun: “Yeah. I imply, pay attention, the Commerce Freeze comes on Thursday evening at midnight. So I don’t know if he’s obtained one other one in him proper now, however actually between now and March 7, yeah, I don’t assume he’s carried out. I imply, the Rangers have been actually the most important disappointment of the season within the NHL, in some ways, I assume you can argue Nashville.
However not like Nashville, the Rangers had been two wins away from the Stanley Cup Remaining six months in the past. And to see their fall from that place to that is unreal. And ever since that information leaked of Chris Drury messaging all the opposite GMs and saying Kreider and Trouba had been accessible, the Rangers are 3-9-0.
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So if a part of the reasoning from MSG was to have that leak, clearly filter by way of the media, was to kind of shake up the staff and wake them up, it didn’t work. It went the opposite approach for the New York Rangers. And it simply, it’s a staff in disarray proper now, a staff that’s not on the identical web page.
It appears like for these gamers that it’s not pleasing to return to work day-after-day. So once more, we’ll see the place this goes. However no, I don’t assume Chris Drury is finished.”
New York Rangers Setting Themselves Up To Do One thing Large
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet was on Toronto Radio throughout his weekly Thursday look and acknowledged the Rangers are clearing cap house to do one thing massive.
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“I feel, proper now, the entire temper, the best way it’s across the Rangers, is that they wish to filter individuals. And Chris Drury and the New York Rangers entrance workplace have clearly determined that this version of the Rangers wasn’t going to work, and now they’re clearing the decks.
To me, what’s going on right here is that the Rangers are clearing the decks to attempt one thing massive. And I nonetheless assume we’re all making an attempt to determine what that will be. Are they buying and selling for somebody? Are they going to go for one of many as but unsigned gamers within the NHL sea? However they’re clearing the decks.”
NHLRumors.com Be aware: Not solely do the Rangers have Chris Kreider accessible, however Ok’Andre Miller is RFA. Might they get Mika Zibanejad to waive his no-movement clause? A few of their different gamers, who simply signed or are in the course of new offers don’t have their commerce safety kick in for slightly bit. One factor is evident: the Rangers are attempting to do one thing.
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