Rangers continue to scout Avalanche regularly

Some interesting trade rumor tidbits – the Rangers have scouted the Colorado Avalanche fairly heavily. The Blueshirts had a scout there on January 18th (vs St. Louis) and again on the 20th (vs. Detroit). Usually you can write off a scout at a game as a one-off, since that is their job. However twice in the same week does seem to add smoke to the conversation.

Chris Kreider has been linked to Colorado since last summer, when the Avs turned down sending the 16th overall pick to the Rangers for Kreider. Status quo does change, and it is unlikely the Avs draft in the top-20 this year, so that does lower the value of a first round pick. It lessens the value of the pick and does open up package…