The New York Rangers general manager is not done tweaking his team for a playoff run. The Blueshirts made a deal with the Ottawa Senators dealing forward Julien Gauthier and a conditional seventh-round draft pick for forward Tyler Motte.
If the Rangers make it past round one of the playoffs, the seventh-round pick becomes the lesser of the two 2023 sixth-round selections the Blueshirts own.
Motte, 27, returns for his second stint with the Rangers after playing nine regular seasons and 15 playoff games with the club during the 2021-22 campaign. He has played in 38 games for the Senators this season, scoring three goals with nine points.