Day: October 12, 2021

Ryan Reaves says he’s good to go for tomorrow night’s season opener in Washington.  Reaves injured his leg in an awkward collision with PK Subban in the penultimate preseason game against the New Jersey Devils.  He immediately left the ice and did not return for the remainder of the game.

In conversations with reporters today, Reaves mentioned that he knew shortly after he came off the ice, that the injury wasn’t as severe as he originally thought.  The reports mean that the Rangers will go into the season opener with a fully healthy squad, having also avoided a serious injury to center Ryan Strome that appeared to be favoring his arm after a mid-ice collision with Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield.

There’s been plenty of drama around former first round pick – 2018, 9th overall – since he was drafted by the Rangers, and it continued today with a report that the Rangers have given the 22 year old Russian permission to talk to other teams in order to facilitate a trade.

Kravtsov was one of the last two players cut by the Rangers yesterday, as they set their roster for the season opener on Wednesday.  Injured in the preseason, Kravtsov did manage a goal in the finale, but failed to impress enough, and ultimately lost his spot to a combination of productive performances by Sammy Blais and Dryden Hunt, both of whom are projected to be in the starting line-up.