The NHL trade deadline is less than a week away, and the market is starting to heat up. The Colorado Avalanche just acquired defenseman Ryan Lindgren from the New York Rangers, and there will be more moves in the coming days.

Longtime New York Rangers Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey are heading to the Colorado Avanche. The Rangers are trading Vesey and Lindgren to the Avs for a package including Juuso Pärssinen, Calvin de Haan and two draft picks,

The Rangers are four points out of a playoff spot and did not want to let pending unrestricted free agents walk for nothing.

The Rangers are trading Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey to the Avalanche for Juuso Parssinen, Calvin de Haan. Conditional draft picks are also involved.

The Rangers on Saturday traded pending unrestricted free agents defenseman Ryan Lindgren and winger Jimmy Vesey, along with unsigned prospect defenseman Hank Kampf, to the Colorado Avalanche for forward Juuso Parssinen,

Lindgren and Fox have played the sixth-most minutes together as a defense pair at 5-on-5 since the start of the 2022-23 season. Fox’s underlying numbers have been much better away from Lindgren, and the latter’s have been worse when they are apart.

The newest members of the Avalanche, Jimmy Vesey and Ryan Lindgren, arrived in Denver for the first practice with their new team.

The New York Rangers have been one of the most active teams in the NHL ahead of the trade deadline, and star Mika Zibanejad expressed his frustration with the team’s performance as he waved veteran Ryan Lindgren goodbye.

The Blueshirts agreed to a trade Saturday to send defenseman Ryan Lindgren, forward Jimmy Vesey and the rights to unsigned 2021 draft pick Hank Kempf to the Avalanche in exchange for center Juuso Parssinen and veteran defenseman Calvin de Haan.