GREENBURGH, N.Y. — It’s February, which means the NHL trade deadline is now just a little more than three weeks away, making this a nervous time in locker rooms all around the league.
Rangers defenseman Adam McQuaid is trying not to think about it.
The 32-year-old McQuaid, acquired by the Rangers on the eve of training camp in a trade with the Boston Bruins for the cost of depth defenseman Steven Kampfer and couple of late-round draft picks, is just beginning to get comfortable in New York. And he’s hoping to stay awhile.
“I feel like I’ve kind of gotten into a routine here now,’’ McQuaid said Friday after the Rangers practiced in preparation for hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning in an NBC game Saturday night.