TAMPA, Fla. — Ryan Callahan heard the talk. He knew in conjunction with a possible trade for Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson, the Lightning were looking to ease potential cap issues and had touched base with the Rangers about sending the once-captain and his $5.8 million cap hit through 2019-20 back from whence he came at the 2014 deadline. Back to Broadway.
“Honestly, I tried to ignore it all, but it wasn’t easy,” Callahan told The Post before Monday’s match here against the Blueshirts. “For myself as a player and for my family, I’m happy here and didn’t want to go anywhere.