NY Rangers could get forward boost before the trade deadline

Now that the NHL season has a January 13 start date, we can begin projecting the rest of the dates for the season. The playoffs will start around Memorial Day, which means a late April/early May 2021 NHL Trade Deadline. For the NY Rangers, they won’t even need to make a trade to get a potential boost at forward. Vitali Kravtsov may be that boost, if needed as a recall from the KHL.

KHL Season Timing

The KHL season ends, at the very latest, on April 30 with Game 7 of the Gagarin Cup. The playoffs begin on March 2. Traktor is a good team, but not at the top of the standings. There is always a chance they make a run, but it is likely they will be out of the playoffs before the Finals begin.…