New York Rangers Add Recent Stanley Cup Champion to Their Team With New Roster Move

The Rangers have been one of the more active teams in the NHL this season, making a plethora of moves in an effort to save their season.

It began with the team re-acquiring JT Miller from the Canucks in a blockbuster trade, but the deals were far from over.

At the trade deadline, the organization made several more moves, including another deal with the Canucks that brought in defenseman Carson Soucy.

One under-the-radar move was a deal the team made with the Buffalo Sabres that saw forward Nicolas Aubé-Kubel join the team.

Aubé-Kubel has split time between the NHL and AHL this season, appearing in 19 games for the Sabres and putting up 2 points.

He has 9 points in 15 games at the AHL level split between the Hartford Wolf Pack and Rochester Americans.

Today, the club announced that he has been called up to the NHL and will join the Rangers on their west-coast road trip through California

The trip begins tomorrow night when they visit the LA Kings at 10:30PM EST.

They will then play the Ducks and Sharks back-to-back on Friday and Saturday.

This could be a make-or-break trip for the Rangers as they currently sit just one point back of the Montreal Canadiens for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

With eleven games left on their schedule, anything could happen with the race so close.

The Islanders are also right on their tail with 73 points to the Rangers' 74 and the Blue Jackets remain hopeful as well with 71 points and two games in hand on the Rangers.