With less than a month to go before the NHL Trade Deadline, the New York Rangers are expected to be active on the trade market over the next few weeks. With the injury to Blake Wheeler and him now being out for the rest of the season, they may need to start making moves sooner rather than later. While there are some big names available on the trade block this year, it’s not always the big names that make the most impact on their new team. Sometimes, it’s the players who get traded for a late-round pick that make the most of their new opportunity. For the Rangers, there are some under-the-radar names that they could consider bringing in, and it wouldn’t cost them much to acquire them. Here are three potential names they could go after, and while they might not be the biggest names, they could very well be the players that fit what the Rangers are looking to add.
Mathieu Joseph
The Ottawa Senators were thought by many to be a team that would take a big step forward going into this season. However, it has been the complete opposite. As of this writing, they are second to last in the Eastern Conference. This will make them sellers yet again, and they have some interesting names that could be available. Most of the chatter has been around Vladimir Tarasenko and where he might end up, but one player that could be a sneaky pick-up is Mathieu Joseph. He was picked by Ottawa when they traded Nick Paul to Tampa Bay in 2022, and he has played well for the Senators. This season, he has scored eight goals and 24 points in 40 games. He has two more years on his contract after this season, making $2.950 million per season.
He would bring some much-needed speed and scoring to a Rangers’ bottom six that has struggled to create offense for much of the season. He is also a tough player to go against and isn’t afraid to get to the dirty areas to make plays happen. He will also get in the opponent’s face if he needs to. He has Stanley Cup experience, as he was on the Lighting when they won their two back-to-back Cups. He would be the perfect bottom-six player, and if he needed to, he has the skills to play in a top-six role. His contract also isn’t too expensive, and the Rangers wouldn’t have a problem fitting him in for this season, as it would also allow them to go out and make more moves if they needed to.
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