Let’s discuss extra in regards to the commerce deadline plan on which I targeted on the prime of Monday’s newest installment of Concerning the Rangers.
At this second, the Blueshirts don’t personal a second-round draft decide for the following three years. This represents an untenable long-term place even when high-profile prospects Gabe Perreault, Drew Fortescue and E.J. Emery are within the pipeline.
However GM Chris Drury, who traded away all these seconds and plenty of thirds in rental offers and within the Patrik Nemeth contract dump that helped the crew advance to the convention finals two of the final three years, has an opportunity to reverse that course main as much as the Mar. 7 deadline.
For the primary time since 2019, when each Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes have been dealt a yr after the 2018 purge, the Blueshirts might be sellers slightly than consumers. Or they most actually needs to be regardless of their climb again to credibility in going 4-1-1 over the past half-dozen matches.
