Rangers General Manager Chris Drury continued on Friday as he handed the blues over to the five-year lineup pile Pavel Buchnevich in exchange for 25-year-old Sammy Blais and a selection for the 2022 second round ahead of the 2021 NHL draft.
Buchnevich, who reached a career high of 48 points in 54 games last season, is a limited free agent looking for a long-term contract that the Rangers simply couldn’t afford with other key players who in the next two seasons.
In 301 games over five seasons with the Rangers, Buchnevich scored 79 goals and 116 assists.
Blais, a more prototypical striker of the bottom six, had 35 points in 119 games over four seasons in St. Louis.
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