The 2021 NHL trade deadline has come and gone, and the New York Rangers were awfully quiet.
The biggest move they made came before the deadline on March 27 when they traded LW Brendan Lemieux to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a 2021 fourth-round pick, a bargain.
It can be said the Rangers’ deadline acquisitions were rookies.
By trading away Lemieux, the Rangers cleared up space to incorporate right wing prospect Vitaly Kravtsov into the lineup. Kravtsov has now played in five NHL games and looks like the real deal.