New York Rangers: Five Rentals to Target on the Trade Market

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NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 08: The New York Rangers salute the crowd after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 2-0 at Madison Square Garden on October 8, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images) /

The New York Rangers are known for making splashes around the trade deadline each year that they are in contention for the playoffs. Who are some of the potential trade deadline candidates that the Rangers could target?

Last season the New York Rangers went out and acquired Brendan Smith from the Detroit Red Wings at the trade deadline. The year before that, the Rangers went out an acquired Eric Staal from the Carolina Hurricanes.

The list of rentals acquired at trade deadline by the Rangers could go on and on from years past. However, I don’t want to get to Olli Jokinen, so I’m going to stop it there.

Let’s take a peak at players currently on the last year of their contracts. Who could the Rangers look at this season come February 26, 2018?

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New York Rangers: Five Players to Target on the Trade Market

By Justin Starr | Oct 12, 2017

The New York Rangers are known for making splashes around the trade deadline each year that they are in contention for the playoffs. Who are some of the potential trade deadline candidates that the Rangers could target?