It may be frustrating that the New York Rangers haven’t made any free agent moves besides signing defenseman Fredrik Claesson to a one year deal.
The team could have brought in a couple veterans to do two things; A) bring in some veterans to help lead the young players into their NHL careers and B) use said veterans as trade bait to create free assets at the trade deadline.
While that strategy was probably the one that would accelerate their rebuild, or at least give them more pick and prospect sized lottery tickets at the trade deadline, the team wants to give their kids every opportunity to get NHL time this year and develop.