New York Rangers: How the Lundkvist deal can get better
The New York Rangers got a good return for Nils Lundkvist. They sent him to the Dallas Stars for a 2023 first-round pick and a 2025 fourth-rounder. There are conditions attached to draft picks.
The Rangers are interested in the Dallas Stars' conditional 2023 first-round pick. If it falls into the top 10, it becomes an unprotected 2024 first round pick for the Rangers. Dallas had the 18th overall pick in 2022 draft.
The 2025 fourth-round pick becomes a third-rounder if Nils Lundkvist scores 55 points over the next two seasons in the NHL. Since the modern draft began in 1969, 20 of 55 Rangers fourth round picks have played in as many as 100 games for the Rangers. The Rangers have had 60 third rounders since 1969.
The Rangers have two first-round picks in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. They got a third-rounder from Colorado when they traded Alexandar Georgiev. Chris Drury has been an astute deal maker.
