Thanks to the fantastic, it’s been 48 hours and I still don’t believe it Jacob Trouba trade, the New York Rangers rebuild has essentially entered Phase Two. With a Trouba extension expected to be looming, the Rangers go from a team that has boatloads of cap space to make moves, to a team that now needs to make moves if they want all their primary targets in house this summer.
Without a single internal free agent signed (including Trouba), the Rangers have a hair over $19-million in cap space (this assumes the full-hit of Matt Beleskey, which would be reduced by roughly a million dollars if he’s sent down to the AHL).