The New York Rangers have very little cap space to venture out on the free agent market for a big fish. However, this team already has enough whales so bolstering the bottom-six with a quality and inexpensive veteran forward is likely the best way to go.
Bringing in such a player would also allow for Kaapo Kakko to move up into the top-six and possibly make trading Barclay Goodrow easier to digest. The Rangers need to re-sign RFAs Alexis Lafreniere and K’Andre Miller this offseason and moving Goodrow’s $3.6 million cap hit may be the best way to do it.