Rangers Don’t Qualify Three
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.
A serviceable 6th/7th defenseman who could come off stints in street clothes, Claesson likely became a victim of the numbers game, with Jacob Trouba and Adam Fox added in recent weeks, and the expected progression from the likes of Libor Hajek and Ryan Lindgren, who both enter their second professional seasons.