The New York Rangers are finally starting to play like an elite team after a slow start to the season and have won five of their last six games.
However, there are still holes in the Rangers roster, primarily in the bottom-six forward group, where the team lacks the superb depth it had last season.
As much as the Rick Nash trade has helped the Blueshirts, losing valuable depth players such as Artem Anisimov has left head coach John Tortorella without four quality lines to use each game. Young players such as J.T. Miller have been forced to play important roles, which isn't an ideal situation for a team expected to win the Stanley Cup.
Per Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun (March 1):
Rangers GM Glen Sather isn't the least bit pleased with his club's inconsistency. Sources say the Rangers are trying to do "something" to shake the club out of the doldrums since it would appear coach John Tortorella isn't going anywhere. Since the Rangers have skill, they'd like to bring in more grit. The talk amongst NHL executives is the Rangers have floated the idea of moving RW Marian Gaborik. He has a cap hit of $7.5 million through 2013-15 and will ...
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NHL Trade Talk: Should NY Rangers Trade Marian Gaborik to Add Much-Needed Depth?
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