The Olympics are taking place next winter

Trade him for what you can get.Trade Value: another “project” player or a third-round pickTrade Chance: 65 percent P.A Parenteau (Winger)A career AHL’er, P.A. finally got his shot with the big club when Drury and Dubinsky went down with injuries. His heroics in the shootout and creativity with the puck have caused many Rangers fans and those around the league to take notice.The only problem with him is that he is small and gets muscled off of the puck easily. If P.A wants to work at it, it’s something that can be fixed.

Unfortunately, I think the Rangers are better off selling high on P.A. After being bought out by Tampa Bay, Prospal was hungry to prove his doubters wrong and show that he still had some left in the tank. What better way to do it than by signing with an old coach whom he played well underOutside of Gaborik, he’s the team’s most skilled forward, and, most importantly, the most consistent thus far. As well as Vinny has played, I see him as a perfect candidate for trade bait to yield a great return at the trade deadline this season.Trade Value: a first-round pick or highly-touted prospectTrade Chance: 75 percent Aaron Voros (Winger)Should be nowhere near this team Waive him, and pray someone picks him up.

Otherwise, let him join his buddy Patrick Rissmiller in the AHL making $1 million a season to play in Hartford.Trade Value: a low draft pick or low-end prospectTrade Chance: 90 percent chance he gets waived Michael Del Zotto (Defenseman)As far as current roster players go on the defensive end, he’s about as untouchable as they come right now. Anyone who thought he would light the world on fire in his first season was the victim of too much wishful thinking.Gilroy is a great skater and probably the best among the defense right now. However, Gilroy makes some very ill-advised pinches that led to odd man rushes the other way.Recently, however, he’s been better at picking his spots and isn’t getting caught up on the ice as much.Gilroy could also stand to work on his positioning a bit more, but, at this point, which Rangers' defenseman can't Let Gilroy finish out his two-year contract, see how he progresses, and go from there.Trade Value: a top-four defenseman, a second-line forwardTrade Chance: two percent Dan Girardi (Defenseman)Girardi started out the season atrociously. He wasn’t throwing the body, was caught out of position on more than one occasion leading to a critical mistake, and was not contributing all that much offensively.Recently, he has picked up his play and has played like the player that we have seen in the past. His positioning has been top-notch, and I just hope he comes back from his shoulder injury playing the same way for the sake of the team and my sanity.In a perfect world, he’d be traded to a team in need of a defenseman with cap space.However, there are few teams that would: a) have the cap space; b) be interested in Redden; and c) would put together an acceptable package for him.

(OK, not really.)I used to give Rozsival a pass on his defensive shortcomings because he would be contributing offensively whenever he wouldn’t perpetually be passing it to Jagr on the right half boards anyway, but I digress.Simply put, he brings nothing beneficial to the table right now. Get him off this team.Trade Value: another bad contract, perhaps a mid-level prospect or pickTrade Chance: 35 percent Marc Staal (Defenseman)Until recently, Staal’s play this season has been very disappointing. His slide of bad games has had some Rangers fans calling for him to be traded while his value is still high Don’t do it, Sather. He’ll come around and will continue to get better every season.Trade Value: a young top-line talent or multiple high draft picksTrade Chance: 0.2 percent Henrik Lundqvist (Goalie)Now comes the hard part of my article. I’ll come out and say it right away Henrik Lunqvist has been playing sub-par this season and nothing like the Vezina-caliber goalie that us Rangers fans are used to.In fact, he’s been very average so far this season. He seems to be letting in more soft goals and shots that he should be able to stop in games this season In fact, I think I may know why this is happening. The Olympics are taking place next winter.There is no way that Henrik isn’t saving himself for that, because, apparently, winning a gold medal (which he already has, by the way) is more important than winning a Stanley Cup.It’s understandable but only to a degree.