The NY Rangers offseason has been a story of bargains and inactivity, with Chris Drury sticking to low cost free agents and betting on mostly the same roster for next season. It was also a story of a lack of trades. We know why the Rangers didn’t trade Barclay Goodrow, and they also held onto Alexis Lafreniere. Now we can look at why the Rangers didn’t trade Lafrenire, at least not yet.
Again to be clear, there were never any solid rumors that Lafreniere would be traded. It was mostly conjecture, and any time rumors were actually mentioned, Chris Drury refuted them vehemently.