Jack Eichel, Aleksander Barkov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, those names get thrown around in trade rumors and it’s liking ringing the dinner bell. Everyone gets caught up in the fervor of trying to acquire them that you have to ask yourself – is it necessary?
Don’t get me wrong, any of the three I just mentioned would make the Rangers better. And it was the Rangers themselves that started all this focus on a trading for a center. When reports surfaced they offered the Sabres a trade for Jack Eichel last offseason, it set fans and the media in motion.