The New York Rangers certainly have the cap space to make a move on Elias Pettersson. The Canucks restricted free agent center would be prime for one, that is for sure.
In the aftermath of the Jesperi Kotkaniemi offer sheet, the Vancouver Canucks remained concerned that another team may decide to do the same with Pettersson.
Elliotte Friedman noted as much in his latest podcast. “The one team that has been concerned about an offer sheet all summer has been Vancouver,” he said. “When they saw what happened with Kotkaniemi they wondered ‘uh oh will that happen to us’ with Pettersson.