{"id":126748,"date":"2022-03-16T16:54:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T20:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=126748"},"modified":"2022-03-16T16:54:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T20:54:12","slug":"florida-panthers-trade-forward-frank-vatrano-to-new-york-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/03\/16\/florida-panthers-trade-forward-frank-vatrano-to-new-york-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Panthers Trade Forward Frank Vatrano to New York Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vatrafr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Vatrano<\/a> has been traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/03\/14\/new-york-rangers-trades-deadline\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers<\/a> for a 2022 4th round draft pick according to ESPN&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/weekeke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Weekes<\/a>. Vatrano has been with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers<\/a> since the 2017-2018 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OFFICIAL: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NYR<\/a> have acquired forward Frank Vatrano from the Florida Panthers in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6nAjpUVAV5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6nAjpUVAV5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Rangers (@NYRangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYRangers\/status\/1504170786852155392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Frank Vatrano Traded to Rangers for 4th Round Pick in the 2022 Draft<\/h2>\n<p>Vatrano spent the first few years of his career in between the Boston Bruins and their AHL affiliate. This was a result of his rocky start as a professional player. He did get a bit more solid, having 55 points in 36 games with Providence in 2015-2016 and 39 with Boston. With the Panthers, he put up a career-high 39 points in 2018-2019 and has averaged above 30 points ever since.<\/p>\n<p>No salary appears to be retained, and he has a cap hit of $2.5 million. For the Rangers, this should be decently easy cap space to take in. This is a mainly rental trade as Vatrano is a pending UFA at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;19129&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means For The Future<\/h3>\n<p>For the Rangers, this is purely a depth move and didn&#8217;t cost them a lot to get him. They&#8217;re giving up a low-end 4th round pick, in exchange for a 30-40 point player that&#8217;ll help fill out the bottom 6 for the Rangers If he produces at a similar rate to when he was in Florida, it&#8217;ll be a huge win for New York. And Florida could use the pick for leverage with another potential trade at the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Vatrano has been a pretty solid depth player for the majority of his career, and if he doesn&#8217;t fit with the Rangers, he is a UFA as mentioned previously. It&#8217;ll be easy for the rangers to let him walk in free agency end if it doesn&#8217;t work out. Although, Vatrano should fit with the Rangers and he should be getting a contract similar to the 3-year, $2.5 million contract he got with Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"YDyPTeR8QwpRBsU3xkpOcw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1239063763\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'YDyPTeR8QwpRBsU3xkpOcw',sig:'Roy-ydSUYL21qMpetWcQT4QexW4d1922f9p-Y8ECxPA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1239063763',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Vatrano has been traded to the New York Rangers for a 2022 4th round draft pick according to ESPN&#8217;s Kevin Weekes. Vatrano has been with the Florida Panthers since the 2017-2018 season. 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