Will the Rangers Make More Moves within the Offseason?
Dave Pagnotta of The Fourth Period was on TFP The Hotsove on Saturday on Sirius XM NHL Network Radio and says the Latest York Rangers had loads of irons in the fireplace but weren’t moving off their price for Vincent Trocheck.
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Peter Berce: “The Rangers, Dave, Vinnie Trocheck was not moved. Why wasn’t he moved?”
Dave Pagnotta: “That they had a price, a particular price that they wanted met in the event that they were going to maneuver Vinnie Trocheck, they usually didn’t get it. And he’s still a Ranger. They’ll definitely explore this in a while within the offseason.
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He still has three years left on his contract, so, and it wasn’t, there was no urgency in having to maneuver him. We all know Minnesota and Carolina were two teams in the combination. I believe Detroit at one point, Montreal at one point, just attempting to gauge things. But again, regardless of the price was, it was a steep one, and nobody desired to pay it.
So he’s still a Ranger, and the Rangers are still attempting to determine exactly what they’re doing here, what direction they’re going, how this retool is absolutely going to be formed. And there was talk, I do know Adam Fox‘s name was beginning to be tossed around slightly bit more. We all know Braden Schneider generated interest.
There have been also some teams that were poking around on (Alexis) Lafreniere again, and I’m curious to see how that plays out over the summer too. But no, they’d a lot of irons in the fireplace. They simply weren’t in a position to hit the mark. They weren’t in a position to get what they wanted, so that they held on to him.”
NHLRumors.com Note: Rangers GM Chris Drury needed to get the return right for Vincent Trocheck. While players like Jacob Trouba, Artemi Panarin, and Chris Kreider could select where they desired to go, the return for Kaapo Kakko from Seattle was not great. Will Borgen is just not the form of return you get for the 2nd overall pick from the 2019 draft.
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Drury made the team worse, not higher. So he needed to ask for a high price for Trocheck because the other returns were underwhelming. But what makes things worse is that it was just UFAs and Sam Carrick that got traded. With Letter 2.0, there needed to be more, and there wasn’t. This didn’t have to occur; everyone knew the Rangers’ position.
So the query is who stays after the NHL Draft and Free Agency on July 1st. Could Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad, Alexis Lafreniere, and Vincent Trocheck be on the move? Are the Rangers getting a fame for being a spot players don’t need to go now?
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