New York Rangers: Who will be lost in the Expansion Draft?

Brandon Cohen- Antti Raanta

I am banking on two truths here for this to happen. First of all, I do not believe the Rangers are wise enough to trade an asset to the Las Vegas Golden Knights for them to select Nick Holden. Holden is the perfect player to approach Vegas with in that type of a deal, but my opinion is that New York believes Holden is a talented player.

Secondly, I do not believe the Las Vegas Golden Knights will properly identify the talent in Jesper Fast and Oscar Lindberg. George McPhee was a big name chaser in Washington, and while he will need to sign some youngsters, a pair of bottom six players do not scream excitement.

Those truths leave me with Michael Grabner and Antti Raanta as the two options. It’s a flip of the coin in my books, but I’ll guess McPhee opts for the goalie over the speedster.