Rangers Urged to 'Sell, Sell, Sell' After Embarrassing Loss Makes Captain 'Want To Puke'
With that, insider Vincent Mercogliano of The Athletic is calling for the Rangers to "sell, sell, sell."
Anyone who watched the New York Rangers play on Saturday could reach only one conclusion in regard to the internal roster decisions being weighed.
It’s time to sell, sell, sell.Whatever happens in the 11 remaining games before the Olympic break is largely irrelevant.
With star goalie Igor Shesterkin and No. 1 defenseman Adam Fox both going down this past week to lengthy injury absences, there's no reason whatsoever for the Rangers to be thinking anything else, really.
The annihilation at the hands of the Bruins was the last straw.
“That’s as bad as it gets,” captain J.T. Miller said. “I don’t know, man. The only thing that really matters now is this should sting — like, this should suck. This should make you want to puke."
There are trade targets aplenty that the Rangers could dangle, starting with the player who will undoubtedly be the top man on the totem pole in free agency this summer, Artemi Panarin.
The Bread Man will be one of the top targets around the league at the trade deadline, but he's not the only Blueshirt who should be available. The names open for discussion could look like this, though it's probably not an exhaustive list:
- Artemi Panarin (UFA)
- Vincent Trocheck
- Mika Zibanejad
- Alexis Lafreniere
- Brennan Othmann (RFA)
- Carson Soucy (UFA)
- Conor Sheary (UFA)
- Jonny Brodzinski (UFA)
- Jonathan Quick (UFA)
