In case you missed it, and given the long weekend it’s certainly possible, the NY Rangers made another trade deadline move with the Tyler Motte trade. This is his second trade to the Rangers in as many deadlines, and it cost the Rangers Julien Gauthier and a conditional 7th round pick that becomes a 6th should the Rangers win a round in the playoffs. It’s Drury’s second big deadline trade thus far, and there’s still a little less than a month to go. As per usual, I have some thoughts.
1. First and foremost, the cost in the Tyler Motte trade was negligible.