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In his mailbag over at TSN, Darren Dreger says the Rangers are keenly interested in what's going on in Nashville and will be eager to pounce if the Predators decide to move either Ryan Suter or Shea Weber.The 27-year-old Suter has 6g, 23a this season and will become an UFA at the end of this season. He is making $3.5 million this season. While his 26-year-old teammate Weber has 10g, 25a on the year and will become an RFA this summer. He is making $7.5 million this year....the Nashville defensive duo has been attached to the Rangers for awhile now and probably will be until they are traded to the Blueshirts or another team. Either one of these two would be a tremendous pick-up, but I'm very concerned with the price tag. With Weber being an RFA, there is less of a chance of him being a rental, however, my worry with Suter is the Rangers giving up a big time prospect (Miller) or young roster player (Del Zotto) to aquire the talented defenseman then seeing him leave during the o...
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