Craig Custance, ESPN Senior Writer 9y

Trade Grade: Yandle to the Rangers

The deal

New York Rangers get: Keith Yandle, defenseman Chris Summers and 2016 fourth-round pick

Arizona Coyotes get: Anthony Duclair, John Moore and 2016 first-round pick and 2015 second-round pick


New York Rangers: B

Give the Rangers credit on multiple fronts. The Eastern Conference is wide open and they got an impact defenseman who can be a game-changer. There are few defensemen in the league who teams have to game plan for, and always know where they are on the ice at all moments. Yandle, like P.K. Subban and Erik Karlsson, is one of those players. This deal is fantastic in the now.The Rangers have a better chance of winning a championship now than before this trade.

The other consideration is this: If you ever were going to trade Anthony Duclair, now is the time. He was a guy whom the Rangers bought low on in the third round of the draft and sold high on after he had an incredible World Junior Championship for Team Canada.

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