PLAYERS:
Rick Nash,
Ryan Smyth,
Tuomo Ruutu,
Brandon Dubinsky,
Marian Gaborik,
Ryan Callahan,
Brad Richards,
Derek Stepan,
Glen Sather
TEAMS: Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Rangers
TEAMS: Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Rangers
There's been a lot of talk about who the Rangers could possibly reel in at the trade deadline to further improve the team's offensive core to the point that they may be ready to make a run into the Stanley Cup Finals. I've seen names like Rick Nash, Ryan Smyth, Tuomo Ruutu all thrown around, and to be honest, I would only be thrilled with acquiring one of those three. The Blueshirts have developed some solid chemistry offensively this season, and although they can still use another top six scorer, they've managed pretty well with what they've got at the moment. There's no reason to disrupt that chemistry by bringing in a foreigner that they can only hope will improve the team, so they may want to look deeper into their roster for a certain someone that I think still has a lot of scoring in him.
Obviously by now you know that I am referring to gritty forward Brandon Dubinsky, who's season this year has been one hefty offensive struggle. Dubinsky went fr...
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