New York Rangers Reportedly Place Another Core Player on the Trade Block per Darren Dreger
This evening reports have surfaced that the New York Rangers have decided to put yet another player on the trade block and this time it is young star Kaapo Kakko.
Over the last week, there have been reports that have confirmed the New York Rangers are in a bit of a panic mode so far this season.
After several seasons of being a consistent contender in the Eastern Conference, a lackluster start to this season has led to panic in the New York Rangers organization.
Earlier this week a report from TSN's Insider Trading via Chris Johnston confirmed that players like Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba are available.
Chris Johnston continues and elaborates that despite success in the standings there has been an overall frustration from the front office of the Rangers after a recent skid.
Today these reports were taken to an even more aggressive level when insider Darren Dreger suggested that the Rangers are not only considering trading veterans but young players as well.
According to Darren Dreger's sources, former second-overall pick Kaapo Kakko's name has come back up in trade talks in recent weeks.
This season Kaapo Kakko has had a bit of a resurgence with 12 points in 21 games after tallying just 19 points in all of 2023-24.
Of course, this is still disappointing for a former second-overall pick like Kaapo Kakko and the Rangers led by Chris Drury might just be ready to cut their losses and move on.
As the season marches on it will be interesting to follow the New York Rangers and see if they make any major trades or if they stay the course and hope their current group finds success again.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Taylor Hall | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Brayden Point | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bryan Rust | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pavel Zacha | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Erik Karlsson | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Elias Lindholm | - | 3 | 3 | |
| David Pastrnak | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Tim Stutzle | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Adam Gaudette | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Dylan Holloway | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Brad Marchand | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Aleksander Barkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sam Bennett | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sean Couturier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex DeBrincat | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack Drury | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cutter Gauthier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 23 | 18 | 5 | - | 36 | |
Hurricanes | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | |
Wild | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | |
Devils | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 32 | |
Capitals | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | |
Golden Knights | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 31 | |
Maple Leafs | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 28 | |
Panthers | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 27 | |
Kings | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 27 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||