Defensemen Seth Jones and Ryan Lindgren and forward Gustav Nyquist were on the move on Saturday as three Central Division teams got a jump on the NHL’s looming trade deadline.

The Colorado Avalanche acquired forwards Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey and the rights to defensive prospect Hank Kempf from the New York Rangers on Saturday.

The Colorado Avalanche made another splash ahead of the NHL trade deadline by acquiring defenseman Ryan Lindgren and forward Jimmy Vesey from the New York Rangers

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

The Rangers are trading Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey to the Avalanche for Juuso Parssinen, Calvin de Haan. Conditional draft picks are also involved.

The Colorado Avalanche traded for the best friend of one of its top centers. No, not Now, just like Nathan MacKinnon and Crosby last month at the 4 Nations Face-Off, they finally get to play together.

The Rangers on Saturday traded pending unrestricted free agents defenseman Ryan Lindgren and winger Jimmy Vesey, along with unsigned prospect defenseman Hank Kampf, to the Colorado Avalanche for forward Juuso Parssinen,

Lindgren and Fox have played the sixth-most minutes together as a defense pair at 5-on-5 since the start of the 2022-23 season. Fox’s underlying numbers have been much better away from Lindgren, and the latter’s have been worse when they are apart.

Washington Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren said he was motivated to beat the New York Rangers due to them trading his brother, Ryan.