Nash Now?

The Rangers are once again being mentioned as a likely destination for antsy to leave Blue Jacket Captain Rick Nash. If so, that's only sort of interesting, and here's why: the best offer the Jackets were gonna get from anyone, including the Rangers, was at the trade deadline. The temptation is always greatest then, and that time has passed. Now, they can't come back to the Rangers, who were a game or two away from the finals as ask for more. They made it that far without Nash and the kids are just going to get better over the next few years. So it doesn't make sense, and Slats has shown he has his trade savvy back over the past few years. So while Nash may still be a Ranger come October, neither Kreider, nor McDonagh, nor even Stepan will be likely to be going the other way. If they sign Schultz, they could move MDZ or Erixon, but that's certainly iffy at this point. Should be an interesting offseason. The Rangers have lots of room, but very few interesting targets. Go Blueshirts!