The Rangers’ prospect pool is regarded as one of — if not the — best in the NHL.
That is a necessary grain of salt to go with the fact that No. 7-overall pick from 2018, Lias Andersson, was suspended just before the Christmas roster freeze for leaving AHL Hartford in the wake of his trade request. How Andersson thinks any of this is going to expedite his departure is hard to fathom, as he surely was being shopped soon after his most recent failure to impress at the NHL level and subsequent demotion to the Wolf Pack.