To add further fuel to the fire:

Speaking of which...Rangers focused on Patrick Kane reunion as NHL free agency looms (nypost.com)

Add in interest on Guenztel...and yet more mentions of Kane:

Yeah the cap hit would be $8M (or whatever portion the Rangers would retain in a trade - up to a max of 50%). A buy out would result in $4M per for t...

I think the chances of Kakko being traded either at the draft or over the Summer have to be pretty high at this point. He's earning $2.4M and the Ran...

Just a reminder that Trouba can't be traded before July 1st without agreeing to it. On July 1st he submits a 15 team list of teams he will not accept...

Some chatter around there that the Rangers might also consider trading Lindgren...he's an RFA this year with arbitration rights and would become a UFA...

For Tuch...that would be interesting. He's 28 with 2 years remaining at $4.75M. In some ways he's a right-wing version of Kreider without the net-fr...

From Brooks today:How Rangers are approaching critical Jacob Trouba decision (nypost.com) There are, however, multiple indications that Kaapo Kakko’...

Well according to Brooks there was not dialog…

I can't imagine he did...unless he wanted to keep his Springs free for the remainder of his contract