As the expansion draft nears, the Rangers are primed to take advantage or a rare opportunity. It’s been covered a few times here, but the Rangers only need to protect two defensemen out of their three allowed in the expansion draft. Ryan Lindgren and Jacob Trouba will be protected. K’Andre Miller and Adam Fox are exempt. That means the third protection spot, as of now, would go to Libor Hajek, which is less than optimal. Given this, the Rangers can probably use their spot to protect another team’s defenseman, for a price of course.
Checking in on teams that need to protect a fourth defenseman
