Rangers get Yandle from Arizona in multi-player trade

The New York Rangers have acquired defenceman Keith Yandle form the Arizona Coyotes.

The Coyotes confirmed on Twitter that Yandle, along with defenceman Chris Summers and a fourth-round pick in 2015, are heading to New York in exchange for top prospect Anthony Duclair, defenceman John Moore, a first-round draft pick in 2016 and a second-round pick in 2015.

Arizona agreed to retain 50 percent of Yandle's salary to complete the deal.

"It's very simple: The only way we could do a deal with the Rangers given their cap situation was to retain salary," Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said. "That's the reality of the world we're living in. We would not be doing this type of deal if we were acquiring a 33-year-old player, but when you talk about a 19-year-old potential first-line winger and a couple of other high-draft pick assets, you realize it's going to cost you some money to make this type of deal."

Yandle's 40 points (four goals, 36 assists) are tops on the struggling Coyotes this season. Antoine Vermette, who was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday, is second with 35.

In 557 games, all with the Coyotes, Yandle has 65 goals, 245 assists and 372 penalty minutes.

Duclair, 19, played 18 games with the Rangers this season. He scored a goal and added seven assists before being loaned to Canada for the world junior championship and ultimately being returned to the Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Duclair, drafted in the third round in 2013, was a linemate of Coyotes prospect Max Domi on Canada's gold-winning world junior team.

The 24-year-old Moore should give the Coyotes depth on the blue line. He was the 21st overall pick in the 2009 draft and had a career-best season in 2013-14, with four goals and 11 assists. Moore has a goal and five assists in 38 games this season.

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