New York Rangers general manager Glen Sather continues to tinker with his struggling roster, shipping winger Adam Hall to the Minnesota Wild on Friday in exchange for winger Pascal Dupuis.

It’s the second trade this week for the Blueshirts, who acquired center Sean Avery from the Los Angeles Kings for Jason Ward.

Sather acquired Hall last summer from the Nashville Predators, hoping the big young winger had the potential to become a power forward on the Rangers. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way, as Hall has only 12 points in 49 games this season, most spent on the Rangers checking lines.

Dupuis has been on the block since January, as Wild GM Doug Risebrough finally gave up hope of Dupuis regaining the 20-goal, 48 point career high form of 2002-03, the only year to date in Wild franchise history when they made the playoffs.

Since then, injuries and inconsistency have limited Dupuis’ effectiveness, and there were whispers of his chafing under the tight-checking defensive system of head coach Jacques Lemaire.

So it’s a fresh start for both players, which will determine their continued careers in the NHL.

Hall has never played up to the “future power forward” expectations, but his career could get a new lease as a checking forward with the Wild.

Dupuis will get an opportunity to regain his scoring form with the Rangers, who are desperately trying to find some affordable offensive depth without sacrificing their promising young players.

Hall’s salary was $975K for this season whilst Dupuis earned $798K so the impact to the payrolls of both clubs will be minimal.