The Rangers rolled the dice and put all of their trade chips on the ice Thursday night.
Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes may have gotten their Garden farewell, in a 4-1 loss to the Wild, but a third Ranger likely to be wearing a different sweater by Monday’s deadline didn’t make it through the game.
Adam McQuaid went to the locker room late in the first period and did not return to the bench to start the second period. The team soon announced the veteran defenseman was done for the night for “precautionary” reasons after playing 5:22 on eight shifts.