Per Arthur Staple, the Rangers are quietly shopping Alexis Lafreniere. This shouldn’t be much of a surprise, and if you’ve been reading the Patreon posts, you know that this has been in the cards for a little bit. With the Rangers shopping Lafreniere, they will need an immediate return similar to the Drouin/Sergachev swap a few years back. It’s not a great situation for Drury, but at least he’s looking to be a little ruthless and potentially cutting the cord before it’s too late.
A trade with Lafreniere doesn’t materialize overnight and certainly doesn’t have a time limit on it.