Determining possible trade partners for Jesper Fast

As trade deadline chatter heats up, rumors will be abound regarding any pending free agent on a non-playoff team. For the Rangers, Chris Kreider is the top target across the board, but Jesper Fast is a name that has been floating around that provides depth for Cup contenders. He’d be the kind of low risk acquisition that stabilizes the bottom-six of the acquiring team.

Finding teams that need someone like Fast isn’t as easy as we might think. After all, he is a jack-of-all-trades, but true contending teams would view him as a bottom-six forward who can play up as needed, but also have the assets needed to acquire him (2nd round pick?). Cap space shouldn’t be too much of an issue with his…