Are the New York Rangers Carried out Reshaping their Roster?
TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun joined Jay Onrait on SportsCenter and was requested concerning the New York Rangers and if Common Supervisor Chris Drury was executed 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 suppose he’s executed. I imply, the Rangers have been actually the largest disappointment of the season within the NHL, in some ways, I suppose you possibly can argue Nashville.
However in contrast to 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 means 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 looks like for these gamers that it’s not pleasurable to come back to work day by day. So once more, we’ll see the place this goes. However no, I don’t suppose 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 said the Rangers are clearing cap area to do one thing huge.
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“I believe, proper now, the entire temper, the best way it’s across the Rangers, is that they wish to filter folks. 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 strive one thing huge. And I nonetheless suppose 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. May 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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