As reported ad nauseam, the New York Rangers were expected to try and trade the team’s three pending unrestricted free agents, Adam McQuaid, Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes prior to February 25th’s trade deadline. However, the surrounding trade market is making that more difficult than initially thought.
With Matt Duchene, Mark Stone and Artemi Panarin all potentially in play prior to the deadline, Zuccarello and Hayes don’t exactly stand out as much. Fine players in their own right but not true game breakers like the three forwards previously mentioned. This is what makes the latest developments in the trade market so interesting.