Jeff Gorton made some calls, and took some calls. But when the NHL’s 3 p.m. trade deadline arrived on Monday, the Rangers GM decided the best play for his young-and-still-developing team was to do nothing.
"I think it's clear that we have a plan in place and nothing that came along was going to add to what we wanted to do, and, and was something we felt was going to help us short term, or long term,’’ Gorton said in a Zoom call with reporters after the deadline passed without the Rangers making a deal.
So even after Boston traded late Sunday night for Taylor Hall and forward Curtis Lazar from Buffalo, Gorton decided it wasn’t worth it for him to add a veteran piece or two to help the Rangers fight to close the gap on the Bruins in the race for the playoffs.