Rangers land veteran Marcus Pettersson in trade deal with Canucks

Eric Himmelheber

Published 1 month ago

The Vancouver Canucks traded Marcus Pettersson to the New York Rangers on Wednesday in exchange for a 2030 protected first-round pick.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pettersson-marcus/jDrpHHZ2/"]Pettersson[/a], 30, is entering his 10th year after coming off the worst season of his career, after putting up a career-low 18 points (3 goals, 15 assists) in all 82 games. [/p][p]The veteran will now be joining his third team in three years as the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-rangers/O4zxeyWN/"]Rangers[/a] continue to make moves this offseason; others include the acquisitions of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dorofeyev-pavel/4YwjaJ5r/"]Pavel Dorofeyev[/a] from the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vegas-golden-knights/fTT0TsUg/"]Golden Knights[/a] and Massimo Rizzo from the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nashville-predators/QV0K6kn4/"]Nashville Predators[/a]. [/p][embed guid="f698546e-a7c3-4774-a659-eb96503659a4" url="https://x.com/NYRangers/status/2072448600315941169?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]

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