FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Glen Sather, who has hand in the escalating trade talks regarding Cam Talbot, is continuing his quest to acquire a first-round draft selection in exchange for the club’s incumbent backup netminder, The Post has learned.

Sources report the Rangers general manager has granted interested parties permission to speak with Talbot’s agent, George Bazos, to gauge the goaltender’s interest in their respective cities. Talbot is one year away from free agency, operating under a $1.45 million contract that cannot be extended until January under collective bargaining agreement regulations.

The Sabres, Oilers, Sharks, Stars and Flames are in the mix for Talbot, for whom the Blueshirts have received offers of, according to one informant, “multiple second-rounders and a high second-rounder plus a prospect.”

Edmonton owns the first, 16th, 33rd and 57th picks; Buffalo the second, 21st, 31st and 51st; Calgary the 15th, 45th, 52nd and 53nd; and San Jose the ninth and 39th selections within the first two rounds of the Entry Draft, that commences with Round 1 here on Friday night before concluding with Rounds 2-7 on Saturday.

It is possible talks could bleed into the first round of what universally is perceived as an unusually deep draft, with clubs withholding their decision based on who remains on the board at their respective turns.

The Rangers, whose first pick is slotted at 59th overall, traded their first-rounder to Tampa Bay (which then flipped it to the Flyers) in the 2014 deadline deal for Martin St. Louis that also cost the club last year’s No. 1. Sather previously traded the 2013 first-rounder to Columbus in the deal for Rick Nash and already has sent next year’s No. 1 to the Coyotes in exchange for Keith Yandle.

Centers Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, regarded as potentially generational players, will go first and second to the Oilers and Sabres, respectively. The Coyotes are soliciting offers for the third overall selection, with Columbus believed to be pushing aggressively for the pick, which they presumably would use on Boston College sophomore defenseman Noah Hanifin.

The Lightning may be willing to dangle winger Jonathan Drouin, the third overall 2013 selection who scored four goals in 70 games this year and dressed in just six of finalist Tampa Bay’s 26 playoff matches.

The Islanders, who dealt their first-rounder to Buffalo in 2013-14 as part of the Matt Moulson-Thomas Vanek deal, are accepting trade offers for Kyle Okposo, the top-six winger who is entering the final year of his contract and whom the club is not enthusiastic about extending longterm. GM Garth Snow is believed to be seeking a roster player in return rather than a draft pick.

The Devils, in Year 1 of the Ray Shero Era but still operating with the scouting department directed by David Conte, are expected to tab a forward at sixth overall unless Hanifin somehow slides into their grasp.

Talbot, who turns 28 in a couple of weeks, is the most sought-after goaltender on the market — which includes Ottawa’s Craig Anderson and Robin Lehner, Vancouver’s Eddie Lack and perhaps L.A.’s Martin Jones — following a season in which Henrik Lundqvist’s understudy went 16-4-3 with a 2.16 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage while starting 23 of the 25 games for which the King was sidelined following a vascular injury he sustained on Jan. 31.

There aren’t many more dependable than the unflappable, technically sound Talbot, and the Rangers, who will need to acquire a veteran backup to make 18-22 starts, know it.

But the Blueshirts are seeking to deal the goaltender, a career 33-15-5/2.00/.931 and with eight shutouts in 53 starts, in order to, A) get assets that will restock the organization’s depleted prospect list; and, B) save what likely would be a critical $500,000-700,000 of cap space on the No. 2 goaltender’s position.

So Sather continues to push. But the GM also must be careful not to overplay his cards on a market that could turn volatile once the chips begin to fall. For as students of history know, Costanza once had hand, too.