Interest in Andrew Ladd, Ryan Garbutt?

[Johnnydollaz89]

estion for Glen Sather: If speed on the flank — personified by Chris Kreider, Carl Hagelin and Mats Zuccarello — is emerging as one of the Rangers’ singular strengths, would the general manager dilute it in order to patch a size-and-strength weakness?

Kreider is as close to untouchable as anyone on the roster other than Rick Nash (no move), Ryan McDonagh and Henrik Lundqvist, and Zuccarello wouldn’t yield enough of a bounty in return, so as the trade deadline approaches, the query can more or less be distilled to this:

Would Sather deal Hagelin, 25 and with one more season on his contract at a $2.25 million cap hit leading into restricted free agency, for, say, Jets captain Andrew Ladd, 28 and with two more years on his deal at $4.4M cap hit leading into unrestricted free agency (and, it must be noted, a modified no-trade clause)?

If teams tend to pursue players who have played well against them, then keep an eye on the Blueshirts and Stars forward Ryan Garbutt, the 28-year-old rental property at $575,000 who has driven the Rangers crazy in their two games this season.

http://nypost.com/2014/01/18/practic...aults-rangers/

I would do Hagelin/Hrivik and a 2nd for Ladd in a heartbeat.