Day: September 20, 2019

The Rangers lone remaining contract hold-out has agreed to a one year, $925,000 deal, ending a standoff that has seen him miss the first week of training camp.  Tony DeAngelo tried to generate leverage over the Rangers after the team was forced to buy out Kevin Shattenkirk back in August, opening up questions about depth on the right side, but ultimately the Cap-constrained Rangers held the line and the defenseman will report to camp with the same deal that Brendan Lemieux agreed to 8 days ago.

DeAngelo was reportedly seeking a multi-year deal with a significant increase over the $863K -plus bonuses – he earned over the last three seasons.  Last year represented hsi first full year without appearing in the AHL, and he put up a credible 4 goals and 26 assists in 61 appearances, setting career marks for games played, assists and points.

He was pulled out of the line-up in the second period preseason opener with the Devils, and Artemi Panarin remains off the ice as the team continues to practice today.  Both coach David Quinn and General Manager Jeff Gorton played down the seriousness of the injury, saying that Panarin is expected to return in the preseaosn.

Meanwhile Sean Day skated for the first time today following off-season hip surgery, though there’s no indicaiton yet whether he’ll see any ice time in the preseason.  Likewise 2019 second round draft pick Matthew Robertson returned to the ice after pulling up with a groin injury early in camp.

The Rangers have trimmed their training camp roster down to 45 following 4 additional cuts today.  The four sent down include forward Jake Elmer, along with defensive trio Darren Raddysh, Brandon Crawley and Vincent Loverde.

Having started last Friday with 56 players, the team still has anywhere between 22 and 25 more decisions to make, with the team limited to a maximum of 23 healthy players, though given salary cap constraints, it would not surprise to see that number closer ot the 20 man roster.