This morning I wrote about Mikko Lehtonen terminating his contract with the KHL to join an NHL club. In the article, I alluded to how the Rangers should go after the 26 year old defenseman to shore up the left side of the defense for the next few seasons while K’Andre Miller and Nils Lundkvist develop.
Another added note was concerning the long overdue objective of providing Kaapo Kakko a fellow Finnish countryman to ease his transition. The fact that both players played together and experienced success was a no brainer to logically connect Lehtonen to the Rangers.