Former Chicago Blackhawks star expected to be dealt in surprising trade by the New York Rangers

They've got about $9.6 million in cap space, something like that. They've got to get K'Andre Miller signed, they've got to get Will Cuylle signed, and then they'll have about $3 million left to play with. So, by the looks of things, it's going to be another aggressive offseason.

Now, for the New York Rangers the owner, James Dolan, wants that to happen. So we'll see exactly what kind of tricks Chris Drury has up his sleeve. Don't be surprised to hear Chris Kreider's name out there again. Don't be surprised to hear Mika Zibanejad's name either, even with a full no-movement clause.

And in the last few days, I'm starting to hear some interesting whispers surrounding Artemi Panarin. Now, I don't know if he's fully available, but he's got one year left on his contract, and they've got to decide whether they want to keep going with this core group or if they can move Panarin, get a significant return, and use that cap space - along with some of that capital - to rejig the roster.

I don't know if that's the path they're going to take, and it might be totally premature for me to even bring it up, but we're going to hear some interesting storylines about how the New York Rangers retool for next season.