Rangers Player Request Trade: Should The Blackhawks Make a Move?
It's been one of the busiest off-season's in years. Now being just weeks before NHL training camps the Rangers learn one of their top young prospects is not reporting to camp.
New york Post and Rangers Insider revealed Rangers defenceman Nil Lundkvist
Report: Rangers' Lundkvist shared that Lundqvist told the Rangers he's not going to camp and believed to ask for a trade.
From Brooks' latest report for The New York Post:
"The Rangers are engaged in an accelerated effort to trade Nils Lundkvist after being notified that the 22-year-old Swedish defenseman is unlikely to report to camp in the absence of a deal, The Post has been told by multiple sources.
The Post has learned that general manager Chris Drury has been working with Lundkvist's agent, Claude Lemieux, in order to effect a trade to an organization in which the Swede would have a better opportunity to challenge for a top-four spot and role as a power-play quarterback."
More from Brooks on what the Rangers are looking for in return:
"At the same time, though, the Blue shirts are seeking a semblance of equal value in return for Lundkvist, the slick, puck-moving, offense-oriented defenseman who is generously listed at 5-10, 187 pounds.
The Blueshirts, though, could certainly use a young, top-nine-type center who might grow with the organization. That is believed to be Drury's target as they deal with this latest situation involving a young European unhappy with his plight"
Lundqvist appears not to be happy with his spot in the lineup and with all the talent the Rangers have on the backend a trade is probably in his best interest.
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Should the Blackhawks try to acquire Lundqvist a young defenseman that could fit the rebuild? | ||
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| Yes | 95 | 65.1 % |
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