NHL Trade Deadline: New York Rangers

The Rangers have played solid hockey most of the season, at least enough to stay in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. However, February has been unkind to them so far. They're 2-5-1 in the month so far and have slipped to 7th in the conference standings, only two points ahead of eighth-place Carolina.

Defensively, the Rangers have been solid thanks to two very strong goaltenders in Henrik Lundqvist and backup Martin Biron. Lundqvist has seven shutouts on the year and the duo has combined for a stellar .922 save percentage. There's a young, yet talented defense in front of them, leaving the biggest need for improvement up front on offense. Going into Sunday's game against Philadelphia, the Rangers had six players with 10 goals or more but none of those players had yet to reach 20. To add to that, off-season acquisition Alex Frolov has been a bust and oft-injured star Marian Gaborik has missed 14 games to injury.

NEEDS

Realizing his team had a need in the offensive end in early January, GM Glen Sather traded D Michal Roszival to Phoenix for winger Wojtek Wolski. Wolski had been struggling in Phoenix after a breakout season in 2009-10 split between the desert and Colorado. He hasn't been on fire but has helped with 11 points in 18 games since coming to New York.

There are a few offensive threats on the market but none would provide such an offensive punch and Edmonton's Dustin Penner and Colorado's Milan Hejduk. Both will be unrestricted at season's end and have had great seasons thus far, both currently hovering around the 40-point mark. They would both have a profound impact on Broadway, especially Hejduk who has more points than any Ranger despite not scoring in his last five games.

THE VERDICT

In years past, Sather hasn't been afraid to make a move, or many moves, around the deadline. Two years ago, he fired coach Tom Renney and brought in the help of Derek Morris, Sean Avery and Nik Antropov. This year should prove a similar result as the Rangers are always buyers if they're in the hunt, although expecting a similar shakeup would be foolish.