There’s No Business Like Show Business
Chris Drury was apparently given a proposition he couldn’t refuse: adding Patrick Kane to an already very skilled line-up. The move came after the former Blackhawk used his NMC leverage to force Chicago GM Kyle Davidson into negotiating with one team – the New York Rangers.
It’s been a bit of a circus in the last week, what with Vitali Kravtsov being shipped off for little return, the reassignment of Jake Leschyshyn to Hartford, as well as the Cap gynnastics and questionable decisions around dressing but not playing Ryan Carpenter and Braden Schneider on Sunday, followed by last night’s game where they played two men short again.
Emergency Call-up Request Denied
The Rangers will be a defenseman short once again tonight, as the Rangers play their third straight game shorthanded, and potentially face one more before the return of K’Andre Miller from his three game suspension.
The NHL today denied the Rangers’ request for an emergency call-up, presumably because the team could have made a call-up in lieu of trading for Patrick Kane. With Ryan Lindgren having been injured Saturday against Washington, and K’Andre Miller‘s suspension being announced hours before the Kane trade, the Rangers were well aware of the risk of being shorthanded.