Are the New York Rangers Accomplished Reshaping their Roster?
TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun joined Jay Onrait on SportsCenter and was requested concerning the New York Rangers and if Normal Supervisor Chris Drury was performed making trades between now and the March seventh NHL Commerce Deadline.
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Jay Onrait: “Do you see the potential of Chris Drury turning round immediately 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 title 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 acquired one other one in him proper now, however actually between now and March 7, yeah, I don’t suppose he’s performed. I imply, the Rangers have been actually the most important disappointment of the season within the NHL, in some ways, I assume you would argue Nashville.
However not like Nashville, the Rangers have been two wins away from the Stanley Cup Ultimate 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 have been out there, 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 type of shake up the workforce and wake them up, it didn’t work. It went the opposite method for the New York Rangers. And it simply, it’s a workforce in disarray proper now, a workforce that’s not on the identical web page.
It appears like for these gamers that it’s not pleasurable to return to work each day. So once more, we’ll see the place this goes. However no, I don’t suppose Chris Drury is completed.”
New York Rangers Setting Themselves Up To Do One thing Huge
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 huge.
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“I feel, proper now, the entire temper, the way in which it’s across the Rangers, is that they wish to filter out 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 huge. And I nonetheless suppose we’re all attempting to determine what that may 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 Observe: Not solely do the Rangers have Chris Kreider out there, 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 midst of new offers don’t have their commerce safety kick in for a little bit bit. One factor is evident: the Rangers are attempting to do one thing.
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