Radulov?

Brooksie had some interesting Ranger "news" this morning. Both items made a lot of sense. First, he reports that Glen Sather is in deep talks with the Predators about an Alexander Radulov trade. That would be very interesting. Radulov is scheduled to be an RFA, and he will not resign with the Preds. What's more, he has an offer from the KHL, and he has shown a prefect willingness to jump to the KHL in the recent past. In fact, I think he was a 3 time MVP over there after having a nice career start in the NHL. Anyway, the Preds are in a position where they have to trade him somewhere he wants to go-- or they'll lose him to the KHL for nothing. So they are between a bit of a rock and a hard place.

Now, the cost is the issue, it cannot possibly be too much because the Preds have little leverage. The Rangers would also have to give Radulov a new contract. So they'd have to pay twice, making it less likely that they will trade much. That is a far cry from what a Nash trade would still cost, and Radulov is not far behind Nash as a scorer. Sure, he doesn't look like a Torts type guy, but he'd immediately help the power play, and make us more consistently at 2 or three line team, depending on what else they do and how the kids develop.

The second thing Brooks said was that the Rangers need a D with a right shot and that Justin Schultz is their first choice for the role. I am massively down with that idea, so I hope it works out.

Then they'd still have cap room for another score or so, depending how creative they can get. And both moves Brooks is hawking seem like creative solutions for the Rangers needs. Go Rangers!