Day: July 29, 2021

After a meek ending to the season, Rangers GM Chris Drury vowed to add toughness to the line up during this off season.  He perhaps capped that off this evening with the somewhat expected acquisition of Ryan Reaves from the Golden Knights, in exchange for a third round pick in next year’s draft.

The 34 year old right winger has also played for coach Gerard Gallant previously, and was a known quantity to the recently installed head coach, and gives the team another dimension should they elect to dress him.

Filip Chytil signed a two-year extension today to remain with Rangers through the end of the 2022-23 season. With an AAV of $2.3M, he comes in around at what you would expect for a player at this stage of his career, where he spent most of his playing time as a third line center.

Where he goes from here is more of a question.  The former first rounder feels like a Rangers veteran at this stage of his career with 186 games to his credit over parts of four seasons.  This past year marked the first time he didn’t play some time down in Hartford, so you’d expect he’s getting near the point where he needs to make a jump.