There’s nothing better than a great trade and the New York Rangers have had their fair share. Here’s a list of the ten best trades ever made by the franchise.
In analyzing trades, deals don’t necessarily have to be one-sided. Outright steals are extremely rare in this league so results matter. A good trade can propel a team to tremendous heights just like a terrible trade could bury a franchise for years. The New York Rangers have experienced both of these in their 90+ year history.
One example of the former, the swapfest of March 1994, resulted in a Stanley Cup victory for the Blueshirts, but none of those deals will make the list due of the franchises’ best trades due to the long-term results– the team being set in a downward spiral that resulted in mediocrity for the better part of the next decade.
Being an Original Six team, the Rangers have been in the trading business for almost a hundred years and some of these trades may seem like ancient history, but deserve a place on this list.