Attention: All Rangers Fans: Warning! The Maven has bad news and bad news.
The first bad news is that there's no way we can get rid of Chris Drury as the Rangers' version of an All-Everything Bagel.
Like the Statue of Liberty, he's not going anywhere.
The second bad news is that there's no way we can delete "The Core" that has been giving us migraines since Mika Zibanejad learned how to be a DJ, alias disc jockey.
In case you haven't read Drury's tea leaves, his new-look Rangers are going to go young. That means quarantining the veteran quartet.
That is, you, you, you and YOU – Breadman Panarin, DJ Zibanejad, Swiper The Fox and Christopher Kreider alias The No-Assist King.
I pleaded with my Vice President In Charge Of Fixing The Rangers – the estimable Jess Rubenstein – to find me a way to trade the Fading Foursome.
Nobody digs deeper, harder nor faster than Rubenstein and here's how he made me sick and disgusted.
PANARIN: "He has a 'No Movement' clause."
ZIBANEJAD: "He has a 'No Movement' clause."
FOX: "He has a 'No Movement' clause."
KREIDER: "He has a 'No Movement' clause."
By this time I wanted to order a year's supply of Tums for my tummy.
As you know, The Maven campaigned vigorously, incessantly and independently against Igor Shesterkin's absurdly nuts new pact, buit Drury wouldn't listen.
With Iggy in mind, I asked Jess about a possible trade of our Comrade. For a change I got both good news and bad news:
"Igor can be moved until the start of the 2025-26 season," Jess explained, "after that his No Movement clause kicks in."
P.S. I'll have more detail on this topic in a day or three; right now, folks, I can't take it anymore!
