Insider reveals the New York Rangers are planning to destruct their core with massive trade
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The New York Rangers should be the next team to "blow it all up" according to NHL Insider Arthur Staple who writes for The Athletic. The core isn't getting it done, and they need to explore other paths with their top players.
In what could be considered typical news for the Rangers this season, they're struggling, and they're underachieving.
We don't know why, but we can speculate whether it's the coach, the loss of Jacob Trouba, or they're just bad this season.
It could be any one of those variables, and it could be all three, but if we ground ourselves and think logically, what are the next steps for a team that can't perform up to expectations?
We've seen it in Boston, as GM Don Sweeney deconstructed the Bruins on March 7th, and according to The Athletic's Arthur Staple, the Rangers should be next.
That mean trading Panarin, Kreider, and Zibanejad .
«For any sort of flexibility, the campaign Drury began last June with the waiving of Barclay Goodrow has to continue,» Staple wrote. «It means renewing that November text to see if anyone wants Kreider
»It means seeing if Zibanejad would be willing to waive his no-move clause
»It might even mean seeing if Panarin would waive his no-trade to go elsewhere.»
»It means seeing if Zibanejad would be willing to waive his no-move clause
»It might even mean seeing if Panarin would waive his no-trade to go elsewhere.»
It's a tough pill to swallow for any Rangers fan who loves the team as it's been constructed over the last six years.
But we've seen it slowly being picked apart by GM Chris Drury who has brought new blood into the lineup.
Focusing especially on the team's blue line which is younger, and has found some decent skill for value in players like Carson Soucy.
If they could move Panarin they could find a way to save some of his $11.64 million cap hit, and Kreider's $6.5 million hit.
However, Zibanejad's $8.5 million contract with an NMC (no-movement clause) could be the hardest to trade.
For now, GM Chris Drury will have fo figure out the next steps for a Rangers team who has quit on Peter Laviolette.
5th in the Metropolitan Division, and struggling for a wild card spot in the East.
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