Rangers Should Stand Pat at the Deadline

There's really nothing on the Market that will put the Rangers over the top on their cup quest.  In fact,  their system probably holds more answers for them.  What's they can't do is repeat the errors of `93 and `94 when they traded a bunch of young talent - that could have lead to multiple cups for 1 cup and years of suffering.

Guys like JT Miller and Carl Hagelin are important young pieces and both look like core.  Miller is a tough playmaker, and Hagelin's world class speed threatens everyone.   Trading them now would cost a ton in the long term.  Likewise, the kids on the farm and KHL should be non-starters in any trade talks.

You can't keep trading #1's then tradeprospects on top of that.  You'll collapse like you did in the `90s.  They've already traded the ones and they can't trade the prospects and young players without creating massive problems.