On Sunday, the New York Rangers took on the Nashville Predators. The Rangers won 4-0, but the game’s actual story came a few hours before puck drop when it was reported that former Vegas Golden Knight Reilly Smith would be held out for “roster management purposes.

The New York Rangers traded Reilly Smith to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday in exchange for former first-rounder Brendan Brisson and a 2025 third-round pick that originally belonged to the San Jose Sharks,

The Golden Knights landed Reilly Smith, who won the Stanley Cup with Vegas in '23, from the Rangers in exchange for prospect Brendan Brisson and a third-rounder.