In what has been an underwhelming offseason for the NY Rangers, there has been one clear plan. That plan is to prepare for the expansion draft this coming summer. That was abundantly clear after the first day of free agency, when the Rangers signed five UFAs to two-year deals. These players were signed to expose in the expansion draft. But the underlying goal here was to lose one of Brett Howden or Libor Hajek to the expansion draft, and all signs point to this happening.
Early look at #NYR and the 2021 expansion draft:
Their only decision at the moment boils down to exposing 1 of Gauthier/Howden/Lemieux.