Henrik doesn't want to go anywhere but thats just a guess. They asked him right when the rebuild started and he wanted in. His no trade means and his contact pretty much means he is going to be a lifelong Ranger and I guess thats not a bad thing.
To clarify some of us in Rangersland want Henrik gone because it boils down to cold hard cap space and NY has wasted quite a lot of it over the years. Look no farther than Shattenkirk who is going to earn 6 million for NOT playing in NY. So when we look around at the roster the low hanging fruit is Henke. Resolved to see Hank out the door, but still kind of wishing he chooses to move and get a last kick at the can. He has brought so much to rangerland and I think he still has more to give. The issue is at what price.
I think to a certain degree the Kravtsov situation may have put the NY braintrust in a position of knowing they don't know about Shesterkin's position and overall feelings. Well that and he lit up the AHL and doesn't really appear to need to play there anymore. The terrible timing was that Georgiev's AHL waiver free moves expired just recently. SO they are stuck with 3 guys. I look at it as a good problem to have. How many other teams would love to have 1 of these guys either in nets as a starter or as a backup... quite a few I reckon.
This season has really jumpstarted the rebuild starting with KK and even filtering down to DeAngleo blowing up for huge numbers. Now Chytil is just starting to scratch the surface of his potential. You can see him emerging into a difference maker. The kid can flat out fly and should be stamped into the top 6 sooner rather than later. I think it kind of means Strome is gone, which is a sad story to be honest. Then again he does have some nice chemistry with Panarin as does Fast who is also a free agent. Again this is a good problem to have.
The Kreider situation speaks for itself.
Really interesting times in NY thats for sure