DALLAS — Just like everyone else at this relatively sleepy NHL draft weekend, Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton had a lot fewer trade conversations than he anticipated.
And so Gorton went about his business, making all three first-round picks he had on Friday and finished having made 10 picks overall, leaving with his roster players still intact and a big few weeks in front of him.
“I would say I came here thinking we were going to make the picks and then see what would happen in the conversations. I would say there were probably less conversations than anticipated,” Gorton said after completing Rounds 2-7 on Saturday.