Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 23 ga Yuli, 2012, Rangers sun yi musayar Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov, Tim Erixon da kuma zagaye na farko na zagaye na 2013 zuwa Columbus Blue Jackets a musayar All-Star Rick Nash, Steven Delisle da kuma zagaye na uku na zagaye na 2013. A ranar 3 ga Afrilu, 2013, Rangers sun yi musayar Marian Gaborik, Steven Delisle da Blake Parlett zuwa Columbus a musayar Derick Brassard, Derek Dorsett, John Moore da kuma 2014
zabin zagaye na shida. Bayan da aka fitar da Rangers daga zagaye na biyu na wasan karshe ta Boston, gudanarwar ta kori babban koci John Tortorella, kuma a ranar 21 ga Yuni, 2013, GM Glen Sather a hukumance ya gabatar da tsohon kocin Canucks Alain Vigneault a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin Tortorella.