NY Rangers Fan Confidence Poll: Expansion Madness – 7/19/21

Final Season Record: 27-23-6 (5th in East Division)
Last Poll’s Results: 7.52 (360 votes)

Top stories from last week:

• The Rangers made a splash, acquiring Barclay Goodrow and sending Brett Howden to Vegas in separate trades. The trades were announced well after the 3pm deadline, but it was worth the wait.
• The expansion draft list was announced, with the guys you expect being protected. The only surprise was Kevin Rooney getting protected over Colin Blackwell or Julien Gauthier.
• Ryan Strome is apparently drawing some decent trade interest. Ottawa was named specifically. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds. Remember, the Rangers don’t need to trade him.
• The Rangers re-signed Julien Gauthier to a one-year contract. This was a precursor to protecting Rooney and trading Howden.
• Chris Drury is taking calls on Alex Georgiev, and apparently asking for a first round pick. This is another player the Rangers don’t necessarily need to trade, but taking calls is always a smart thing to do.
• Pavel Buchnevich’s future is going to be watched intently over the next few days. He’s a solid top line winger, and has certainly reached his peak potential that some raved about as far back as 8 years ago.
• It seems like weeks ago, but the Rangers did hire a pair of assistant coaches in Mike Kelly and Gord Murphy.

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