The NHL draft begins on Friday with the first round in which Rangers will not participate if they decide to send their twelfth selection to Petsburg to complete the JT Miller deal instead of postponing the transport until next year.
General Motors Chris Deruri until late on Wednesday to notify the GM Kyle Dubas – whose team got the selection of Vancouver in the Marcus Peterson trade a day after the Canucks BlueShirts from Canucks – from his decision.
I have written several times that Blueeshirts must complete the transaction this year in order to maintain the selection of the first round 2026 in a draft announced as a high -quality draft.
At this stage, the focus is not on the team's image, but Rangers cannot be in a sacrifice mode that may be the choice of the excellent lottery – and to the division competitor, no less – if things go south.
