The Rangers paid a steep price to get him, but Keith Yandle played a big role on the Rangers blue line in the brief start to his Rangers career.
As the trade deadline clocked ticked down to 4 o'clock it appeared that the Rangers, precipitously close to the salary cap season, were looking to retool their depth by picking up guys like James Sheppard and Carl Klingberg. Then all of a sudden the Rangers traded for Keith Yandle, one of the best puck moving defensemen in the NHL and definitely filling a need on the blue line.