When the New York Rangers return from the 17-day Olympic break on February 25, there will be just eight days and three games until the trade deadline day on March 5.
Essentially the Rangers—or any other team in the NHL for that matter—need to quickly reassess their roster and determine whether or not they will make a move before the 3 p.m. deadline.
This year is more unique than others, though. The team's own Ryan Callahan and Dan Girardi have flooded trade rumors since it was learned that general manager Glen Sather was willing to trade the UFA pair if deals weren’t in place before the deadline. Furthermore, Sather hoped that deals would be done before the Olympic roster freeze, but as we know now, that didn’t happen.
Other than Callahan and Girardi, there haven’t been any other Blueshirts mentioned in trade rumors since Michael Del Zotto was traded to the Nashville Predators for Kevin Klein on January 22.
It wouldn’t make sense for the Rangers to seek to move any other pieces at the moment, unless a blockbuster was in the works. But at this point, it seems the only pot ...
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