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Are Ranger fans driving the Anthony Cirelli trade talk?

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - SEPTEMBER 26: Ondrej Palat #18 and Anthony Cirelli #71 of the Tampa Bay Lightning warm-up prior to Game Five of the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Final against the Dallas Stars at Rogers Place on September 26, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Anthony Cirelli to the New York Rangers, fact or fiction?

The Anthony Cirelli trade buzz started when the NHL decided to resume the season back in August of 2020. Based on Tampa Bay’s dire cap situation, many around the league began to speculate about whether or not the Lightning would be able to retain center Anthony Cirelli, and defenseman Mikhail Sergachev, both of whom were set to become restricted free-agents at the end of the 2020-21 season.