The Rangers are four points out of a playoff spot and did not want to let pending unrestricted free agents walk for nothing.

Blueshirts send Ryan Lindgren, Jimmy Vesey and the rights to Hank Kempf to Colorado

GREENBURGH — As they got ready Sunday morning to face the struggling Nashville Predators at Madison Square Garden, part of the Rangers’ preparation was trying to assimilate two new guys, young forward Juuso Parssinen and veteran defenseman Calvin de Haan, into their lineup.