Pending league approval the New York Ranger are pleased to announce the aquisition of future star Logan Couture, depth defenseman Niklaus Grossman, and salary dump Jonothan Cheechoo.
Since taking over the Rangers just over 2 weeks ago, general manager Andrew has completed seven trades and shed $25M cap space in the process.
A recap of the trades as follows:
To Flyers : Pekka Rinne, Phi 1 yr6, NYR 2 yr 6, Fla 2 yr 6 To Rangers : Marc Staal, Ethan Werek (P), Alex Hutchings (P), Bryan Pitton (P), #9OV (Gudbranson), Phi 1 yr 7, Ana 1 yr 6.
To Blackhawks : Stephane Robidas, Curtis Glencross. To Rangers : Marc-Andre Cliche, David Toews (P), James Livingston (P), Peter Delmas (P), #29OV (Jonathon Merril), Fla 3 yr 6 (Brandan Ranford).
To Bruins : Patrik Elias, Jay McClement, Chi 7 yr 6 To Rangers : Carl Gunnarsson, Tommy Wingels.
To Ducks : Tuomo Ruutu. To Rangers : Steve Downie, Igor Bobkov (P).
To Bruins: Round 7 yr 6 To Rangers : Round 7 yr 7
To Carolina: Anton Stralman, Sami Salo. (Still pending league approval) To Rangers : Colin Fraser, Alexander Frolov, Brandon Yip, CAR 6 yr7, CAR 7 yr 7
To Flames: Scott Harntell, Mikael Samuelsson, Victor Stalberg, Jonathon Merril (Chi 1 yr 6), Phi 1 yr 7, NYR 2 yr 7. To Rangers : Logan Couture, Niklaus Grossman, Jonathon Cheechoo (pending league approval)
This once aging NYR team is undoubtedly younger and has the potential to be a tough team if Wright can pick up some top tier players in UFA. "Our goal is to make the playoffs" said Wright. "We will do whatever it takes to be a competing team each and every year. We're not one of those teams that aim for rock bottom and make our fans suffer while we try land a top pick".
