The Rangers elected to not extend qualifying offes to at least three players, including defenseman Fredrik Claesson.  The 27 year old blueliner signed as a UFA last Summer and served as a fill-in defender for 37 games, registering 2 goals, 4 assists, 9 penalty minutes and a +3 rating  more

Everyone is excited with the moves the Rangers and G.M. Gorton have done so far this offseason. Trades for Adam Fox and Jacob Trouba along with the signings and bringing from overseas Vitali Kravstov, Igor Shesterkin, and Yegor Rykov. Also free agent from college Patrick Newell and Jr's free agent (and Dylan Cozens linemate) Jacob Elmer. The Rangers are far from done and Friday/Saturday will be amazing to see what happens from either Kakko or Hughes to seeing what/if trades will be made  more

The duration and annual value were both impressive for a guy who probably could be considered an above average 2nd line center.  He plays in all situations, has good size and strength and when he's on, he can be hard to handle.  Still, he's not in the elite, and such is the market that a guy like Hayes can earn a seven year contract at over $7M per year  more

The New York Rangers continued their off-season rebuild with the acquisition of prized defenseman Jacob Trouba from the Winnipeg Jets.  Going to Winnipeg is the 20th overall pick - a pick acquired by the Rangers from Winnipeg last season in the deal that sent Kevin Hayes northward - plus defenseman Neal Pionk  more

It's likely that Jeff Gorton is going to at least try to make some moves this weekend at the NHL draft, but it remains to be seen what he actually accomplishes.  With John Davidson now firmly in place as President of the New York Rangers, and the second overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Gorton is well placed to adjust the direction of the rebuild  more

As the 2019 draft draws near, it seems as though the Rangers will be picking Finnish NHL ready forward Kaapo Kakko with the Devils taking Jack Hughes first overall. Hughes and current NJ Devils leader and one-time League MVP Taylor Hall train together in the summer. Would they risk taking Kakko and have Jack Hughes fall into the Rangers lap and most likely his buddy Hall cross the river to play at MSG as an unrestricted free agent the following summer? We'll all find out in less than 3 weeks  more

Back in 2014, the Rangers selected 18 year old Russian netminder Igor Shesterkin who was set to join St Petesburg of the KHL for his second senior season, as a backup netminder.  Since that date, the now 23 year old goaltender has hardly put a step wrong, backstopping his team for the last three seasons with a sub 2.00 GAA and a save percentage that reached an impressive .953 this past year  more