Regarding the Rangers, a bubble team in a bubble league:
1. It is just about impossible to find anyone in hockey who believes that Jim Dolan would authorize the Blueshirts to be sellers approaching the Feb. 26 trade deadline and thus jeopardize playoff gates that are far from a sure thing anyway.
Indeed, there are folks who believe the team will try to add a piece or two to compensate for the loss of Chris Kreider, who is all but certainly done for at least the remainder of the regular season, if not the tournament, as well.