TARRYTOWN, New York — Alex Wennberg started packing up his belongings in Seattle before he knew where he was headed. Kraken management had told him he was going to move before Friday’s trade deadline, and the team kept him out of games to make sure he didn’t get hurt.
“It’s been a different experience, for sure, sitting and waiting,” he said. “Obviously anxious to get away.”
He finally received clarity Wednesday when New York acquired him from Seattle for a 2024 second-round pick and a 2025 fourth-round pick. Speaking from his new locker Thursday, he called the Rangers “the most exciting thing I’ve been a part of.”
“(The) opportunity is great,” the 29-year-old said. “For me, getting from a team, Seattle — we’ve been fighting to get in — and now instead I feel like I can help this team push (for) the playoffs, and I want to win the Cup as well.”
Wennberg, who has 25 points in 60 games this season, got to New York as quickly as he could, hopping on a red-eye plane with his wife and son and landing Thursday morning. His wife, Felicia, is pregnant with their second child and, after the trade, she posted “(Let’s) get this baby in a cup” on her Instagram story. Wennberg made it to the practice facility in time for 11 a.m. skate and took the ice…
