The New York Rangers are running into some cap concerns heading into next season. They have ten players that are pending some sort of free agency. With Derek Stepan due to potentially double his cap hit (currently at $3.075 million), this leaves limited room for the others. The biggest priced free agents –assuming Martin St. Louis is happy with one year deals at lower than his current $5.625 million cap hit, which is a fair assumption– are going to be Mats Zuccarello, Marc Staal, and Carl Hagelin.

All three have their pros and cons, but it is unlikely that all three will be Rangers next season.

So we ask you, if you had to pick one to trade, who would it be? Personally, I’d lean Hagelin because J.T. Miller has shown a nice ability to provide Hagelin’s spark, but with more offense. Plus Anthony Duclair is on the way, as is Pavel Buchnevich.

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