Rangers fan here, not a bad trade. Rangers have several Cs with Step,Brass,Hayes,Lindberg and possibly Miller but I think he's better on wing. If Eakin were to come to NY, would have to move 1 or 2 Cs since he'd be 3rd C. Also, D wise, need more RHD help then LHD

And they get bounced in the first round if they make it at all

The question is could you find a better winger than Nash for 5m a year and not give up all those assets? Most people would say yes.

Nash could bring in more than that. Easily. It's basically Nash with a significant amount retained for Eakin and a 2nd. Nemeth won't be anything, Bystrom doesn't play here and the 5th is nothing. Horrible trade.

Nash could get NYR more in a trade, but might be tough to take back players with significant salary cap hits for a player like Nash that is past his prime. Both Nemeth and Bystrom were drafted in the 2nd round and both have been stuck in a backlog behind top talent like Klingberg, Johns, Lindell, Honka, etc. Not going to say either is a game changer; not going to say either is incapable of making an impact on a lower pairing. One of our young RHD and/or Nichushkin would be good trade pieces; doubt we would get rid of them though for Nash.

If Nill sticks with Lehtonen/Niemi, something has to change and Nash could help that being a two-way player and decent on the PK bridging the gap for 1-2 years. Nill could probably find another option than Nash although I don't think it would be smart to sign a player (even if it's less than $5M) to a longer term with the expansion draft coming up and a lot of young players ready to come up in the next 1-3 years.