Carson Soucy waived his no-trade clause to join the New York Rangers, and there’s a reason for that. The Rangers traded a 2025 third-round pick to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Carson Soucy on Thursday.

The Vancouver Canucks traded Carson Soucy today, cutting his planned stay with the team short. The New York Rangers will welcome the defenceman with open arms.

The Vancouver Canucks have traded defenseman Carson Soucy to the New York Rangers for a 2025 third-round pick, a league source told The Athletic on Thursday. The 30-year-old shutdown defender performed well for the Canucks and Seattle Kraken in the postseason the past couple of years and can play on both sides of the ice.

By losing to Ottawa, 4-3, in overtime Saturday afternoon at Canadian Tire Center after captain Brady Tkachuk won it in OT, the Rangers let a prime opportunity to assert themselves in the top wild-card spot in the East pass them by. To put it into perspective: This weekend was the ultimate moment.

The Ottawa Senators erased a two-goal deficit with less than 10 minutes remaining to complete the comeback and win by a score of 4-3 in overtime.

The New York Rangers had two points in the palm of their hands against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon, but squandered the opportunity after a late-game collapse, leading to a 4-3 overtime loss.

Panarin has found the back of the net in four straight games, picking up four goals and seven points over that stretch, and he sits three goals away from his fifth career 30-goal campaign.