The luxury of cap space and having a handful of restricted free agents to sign gives the New York Rangers a ton of flexibility this summer. The number one player to sign for the Rangers, and many other teams, is Artemi Panarin. But if not Panarin, another worth considering is Nikita Gusev.
Having qualified the important RFAs, the team is under no rush to sign them, and could conceivably look to add someone like Gusev to the roster before taking care of Jacob Trouba and company.
On Sunday I looked into a scenario that would see Panarin become a Blueshirt.