In the 2018 NHL Entry Draft , the Rangers previously acquired a pick as a result of a trade in February that sent Rick Nash to Boston in exchange for Ryan Spooner and other players .
The Boston Bruins ' first-round pick went to the Ottawa Senators as the result of a trade on June 22 , 2018 that sent Pittsburgh 's first-round pick in 2018 ( 22nd overall ) to the New York Rangers in exchange for New Jersey 's second-round pick in 2018 ( 48th overall ) and this pick. # : The Rangers previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 25 , 2018 that sent Rick Nash to Boston in exchange for Ryan Spooner , Matt Beleskey , Ryan Lindgren , a seventh-round pick in 2019 and this pick. #