Day: July 24, 2021

A saga that has lasted since February has come to a conclusion, with the Rangers officially buying the remaining of Tony DeAngelo’s contract, making him an unrestricted free agent able to sign with any team in the league.

DeAngelo’s fate has been well known for some time, and it was just a matter of when the deed would be done.  Yesterday the Ranger put him on uncondiitonal waivers, and when he cleared at 12:00pm Eastern today they quickly made it official.

The focus in Chris Drury‘s first draft as General Manager, was clearly on size and physicality.  With nine picks going into the draft, the team would ultimately end up with eight new prospects, making just the one trade – sending the third round #80 pick along with the sixth round #168 to Washington for the third round #75 selection.

Over his predecessor’s term, there had been a big focus on skill players up until the 2020 draft, but that was clearly not the case this time around.  Of the six forwards taken, four have size and/or play with an edge.