{"id":479296,"date":"2026-02-20T05:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479296\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T05:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:35:09","slug":"rangers-jonathan-quick-makes-his-trade-deadline-stance-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479296\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers’ Jonathan Quick makes his trade deadline stance clear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonathan Quick was dealt twice in as many days during the 2022-23 season, but the 19-year veteran goalie isn\u2019t seeking another relocation amid the Rangers\u2019 continued sell-off before the March 6 trade deadline.<\/p>\n

The pending unrestricted free agent controls a 20-team no-trade clause in his contract, but what if a contender looking for an experienced backup for its playoff push could attempt to rent the two-time Stanley Cup winner?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy here. I want to be here,\u201d Quick said after practice Thursday\u00a0in Tarrytown. \u201cIt means a lot to me to wear this jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Connecticut native, the 40-year-old Quick signed a one-year deal with the Rangers in free agency in the summer of \u201923 after the longtime Kings stalwart had been traded on consecutive days earlier that year from Los Angeles to Columbus and then to Vegas. <\/p>\n

\"JonathanJonathan Quick is pictured during the Rangers\u2019 Jan. 29 game against the Islanders. Charles Wenzelberg<\/p>\n

He then inked two more one-year deals \u2014 including a $1.55 million one for this season \u2014 to serve as Igor Shesterkin\u2019s backup.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I signed the contract, I planned on honoring the contract,\u201d Quick said earlier in the week. \u201cThe focus is always where you\u2019re at and what you\u2019re doing currently.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s where the focus has been and will continue to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quick had been playing more regularly ahead of the Olympic break with Shesterkin and defenseman Adam Fox sidelined<\/a> since they both suffered lower-body injuries in the same game against the Mammoth on Jan. 5.<\/p>\n

Quick ranks fourth on the league\u2019s all-time wins list with 408, but he\u2019s just 4-14-1 this season with a 3.10 goals-against average in 20 appearances (19 starts) for the Blueshirts, who own the worst record in the Eastern\u00a0Conference at 22-29-6 ahead of Thursday\u2019s restart game against the Flyers at MSG.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

That mark includes just three wins in the final 18 games (3-13-2) before the break, plus the trade of leading scorer Artemi Panarin to the Kings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a result-based business, and you lose sight of it being in business at times, just because it turns into a family, right, with the guys you\u2019re with every day,\u201d Quick said. \u2018You know their kids and wives and vice versa.<\/p>\n

\"NewJonathan Quick makes a save during the Rangers\u2019 Jan. 12 game against the Kraken. Charles Wenzelberg<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always difficult when, for any reason, that guys you\u2019ve been with for a couple years move on. So it\u2019s a reminder that it is a business, and I\u2019m sure the guys will go to those new teams and make some great relationships and have some fun playing hockey. And our focus has to be fully on who\u2019s here now, and what we could do as a group.\u201d<\/p>\n

One group that is enjoying success is Team USA \u2014 led by first-year Rangers coach Mike Sullivan and featuring captain J.T. Miller and forward Vincent Trocheck \u2014 at the Milan Cortina Games. <\/p>\n

The Americans will face Slovakia on Friday in the semifinals, with a clash with rival Canada, who first must beat Finland, in the gold medal match potentially looming Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019d imagine both teams are very focused on their semifinal match,\u201d said Quick, who represented the U.S. in Olympic play in 2010 (silver medal) and 2014 (no medal). \u201cBoth teams have a tough matchup \u2026 and their full focus is on respecting their opponents in the semifinal match, and I\u2019m looking forward to watching. It\u2019s been really good hockey for the past two weeks there. It\u2019s been fun to watch, so I\u2019m sure it will be a couple great games [Friday].<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, it\u2019s always an honor to represent your country. And you\u2019re very fortunate to be a part of that a few times. Obviously you want to see the group that\u2019s over there do as well as they can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonathan Quick was dealt twice in as many days during the 2022-23 season, but the 19-year veteran goalie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[11557,4823,385,77322,99],"class_list":["post-479296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-jonathan-quick","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-trade-deadline","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}