I will have more on Chris Kreider and today’s practice, plus the highlights from this evening’s conference call with Rangers GM Jeff Gorton later.
Meanwhile, the Rangers traded Emerson Etem to the Vancouver Canucks for forward Nicklas Jensen and a sixth-round pick in the 2017 draft.
Earlier in the day, unable to complete the trade, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said that Etem would go to Hartford on a conditioning assignment. It was basically to buy time for a trade …
Because, let’s face it, Etem had fallen to 14th on the forward depth chart behind Jayson Megna, Viktor Stalberg, Tanner Glass, etc.