"The Winter Olympics come to an end Sunday, with the much anticipated hockey gold medal game between the USA and Canada. And with that, the Rangers' break from the grim reality of their lost 2025-26 season is over. The NHL's Olympic roster freeze ends at midnight [Sunday, going into Monday morning], meaning the clock begins ticking again Monday for those players worrying about potentially being traded. And it will continue to tick all the way up until the March 6 trade deadline."
"Carrick is one of the players whose name has been floated about as possibly being traded by general manager Chris Drury, who has announced he plans to "retool'' the team. Leading scorer Artemi Panarin and defenseman Carson Soucy were shipped out before the roster freeze went into effect Feb. 5, and the hot speculation is that the next to go may be center Vincent Trocheck, who'll be playing in the gold medal game Sunday for the USA."
"Braden Schneider, 24, is in the final year of his contract and will be a restricted free agent this summer. He might be an attractive commodity around the league as a young-but-experienced righthanded-shooting defenseman. And depth forward Jonny Brodzinski and backup goaltender Jonathan Quick are also in the last year of their contracts, and will be unrestricted free agents this summer."
The NHL roster freeze ends after the Winter Olympics, reopening trade possibilities for the New York Rangers through the March 6 deadline. GM Chris Drury has begun a retool, already trading Artemi Panarin and Carson Soucy. Vincent Trocheck is a leading trade candidate while playing for the USA in the Olympic final. Braden Schneider, Jonny Brodzinski and Jonathan Quick are in contract years and could attract interest from other teams. Fourth-line center Sam Carrick says players remain proud and committed to delivering a product fans can be proud of despite looming roster uncertainty.
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