After the dust settled from the J.T. Miller, Kevin Hayes, and Chris Kreider contracts and the Derick Brassard trade the Rangers were left with a considerable amount of cap space. Some have speculated that the cap space that Jeff Gorton has created in the will go towards a trade involving the Rangers' defense.
The Rangers goaltending situation is rock solid and the forward depth, for the moment, looks good on paper. Adding Mika Zibanejad brings another promising, big forward to the mix and Michael Grabner and Nathan Gerbe add solid offensive depth and penalty killing.