Breaking: Avalanche acquire Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey from the New York Rangers

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Colorado makes their first move a little under a week away from the NHL trade deadline. We are officially a little under a week away from the NHL trade deadline, and the Colorado Avalanche have made their first move in this week leading up to the deadline. The Avs acquired Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey, along with defenseman prospect Hank Kempf, from the New York Rangers in exchange for Calvin De Haan, Juuso Pärssinen, and a 2nd and 4th round pick, both of which the Rangers can choose the better of the Avalanche hold in the 2025 draft.


Here’s what I have on full trade. #NYR sending Lindgren, Vesey and D prospect Hank Kempf to COL, plus retaining 50% of Lindgren’s $4.5M AAV. Rangers receive F Juuso Parssinen, D Calvin de Haan, 2nd round pick and a 4th. Both picks in 2025 draft.Notes on picks: -2nd round…— Vince Z. Mercogliano (@vzmercogliano) March 1, 2025




The Avs upgrading on defense shouldn’t exactly come as a shock, as that’s something that’s been pretty apparant they needed to do for a bit now. Lingren is a defensive defensman who kills penalties, and his play has no doubt taken a steep turn downward in New York this season.


Ryan Lindgren, acquired by COL, is a defensive defenceman. Not long ago, he was a capable stable presence on the Rangers top pairing. Recently he's been the absolute bane of Adam Fox's existence. Can he bounce back? #GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/HCDOufF5mm— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) March 1, 2025




Part of that steep turn downwards might be because of the overall season that the Rangers have been having, as it’s not exactly a secret that they have been spiraling this year. Another part of that steep downturn might also be because he’s averaging about 20 minutes a night in New York, which won’t happen in Colorado. He’ll be playing more sheltered minutes with the Avs, as they don’t expect or need him to take on a top-pairing role, like the Rangers did.
As for Jimmy Vesey, he’s a typical plug-and-play fourth-line player who has scored six points this season. He’s really solid defensively, and only comes in at a cap hit of $800K, making him a more cost-effective depth player as well.


Jimmy Vesey, acquired by COL, is a bottom six defensive winger. #GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/7z00D5LSsS— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) March 1, 2025




It was a quick stay in Colorado for Parssinen, who the Avalanche spent a third round pick to acquire just two months ago. The hope is Vesey can help on the penalty kill but it’s an expensive swap.
With this trade, Colorado now has about $3 million in cap space left to spend before this trade deadline, and they are also left with just a 2nd round pick, a 4th round pick, and a 7th round pick in this year’s draft. We’ll see if they have any more moves coming in the next week or so as we inch ever closer to March 7th....

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