2/24/23 | Darren Dreger tweets that the Rangers are talking to teams about “brokering” a potential trade.
2/23/23 | 7:23 PM: Kane has still not made a decision on whether he wants to be traded. (LeBrun)
6:32 PM: Vitali Kravtsov and Jake Leschyshyn will not be available for the Rangers tonight due to “roster management reasons.”
Ben Harpur will play and the Rangers appear to be going with seven defensemen and eleven forwards.
Adam Rotter: We’ll, this doesn’t mean that anything is imminent, Arizona and Columbus have been scratching players for a week or so for the same reasons, but this would indicate that the Rangers are trying to keep Kravtsov and Leschyshyn healthy and figure out how best to create cap space to eventually land Patrick Kane.