The Dylan McIlrath saga ended like many long, drawn-out things do: With a flop.
On Tuesday the Rangers alleviated themselves of the McIlrath headache they gave themselves by trading him to Florida for Steven Kampfer and a conditional 7th round pick. As I said on Twitter, pretend the Rangers lost McIlrath on waivers for nothing because that’s essentially the return they got for him.
Let me get a disclaimer out of the way early: By the time the Rangers traded McIlrath they had little choice.
Waiving him was the beginning of the official end.