Sam Carrick, Vincent Trocheck scratched as Rangers shuffle roster ahead of deadline
The New York Rangers sat Sam Carrick and Vincent Trocheck out of the lineup for Thursday’s game versus the Toronto Maple Leafs as the club managed its roster with the NHL trade deadline looming at 3 p. m. ET on Friday.
Roster move removes two potential trade pieces before 3 p. m. ET
Both Trocheck and Sam Carrick were held out of the Rangers lineup for “roster management purposes” for the matchup against the Maple Leafs at Madison Square Garden, a decision made with the trade deadline at 3 p. m. ET on Friday approaching.
Edström back; recalls and lineup changes for Maple Leafs game
The club shuffled its forward corps for the Maple Leafs game, bringing Adam Edström back to the lineup for the first time since suffering a lower-body injury in November and drawing up players recently recalled from the Hartford Wolf Pack, including Jussi Pärssinen and Jaroslav Chmelař, while Jonny Brodzinski also returned to the lineup.
Trocheck’s trade limits, contract and family considerations
Vincent Trocheck has made clear he is prepared to be traded but will not accept a deal that sends him to a West Coast team, and he confirmed he has a 12-team no-trade list; he said teams on the West Coast are on that list and that his family is a major factor in that decision, including conversations with his 7-year-old son Leo and 5-year-old daughter Lennon.
Trocheck is under a seven-year, $39. 375 million contract signed July 13, 2022, with three seasons remaining and an average annual value of $5. 625 million, and he has 38 points (12 goals, 26 assists) in 45 games this season; Coach Mike Sullivan said he had not been informed that a trade was imminent after Tuesday morning skate, and Trocheck had an assist in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Madison Square Garden.
What the scratch meant for the game and the club
The roster moves came on the eve of a tightly watched deadline window — with roughly 20 hours before the 3 p. m. ET cutoff — and the team turned to its recalled players for Thursday’s matchup against Toronto, later delivering a convincing win at MSG that night.
The Rangers sit 23-29-8 and are last in the Eastern Conference, a standings position referenced as the front office balances short-term results with roster decisions ahead of Friday’s deadline.
With the trade deadline set for 3 p. m. ET on Friday, the next confirmed milestone for the club is that deadline itself, when trades can no longer be executed without changing the roster picture the Rangers have been managing this week.
