Vaakanainen Extended Two Years
With the Trade Deadline almost here, the New York Rangers announced they have extended defenseman Urho Vaakanainen for two more seasons with an average annual value of $1.55M. The signing, along with the acquisition of Carson Soucy from Vancouver yesterday, means the Rangers now have five of their six defensemen locked up for next season. […]
Rangers Deal Smith Add Soucy In Trades
Rangers General Manager Chris Drury continued his remaking of the Rangers roster with a pair of trades that sent veteran Reilly Smith back to Vegas, and acquired defenseman Carson Soucy from the Vancouver Canucks and prospect center Brendan Brisson from the Vegas Golden Knights. Both moves serve Drury’s goal of remaking the roster, acquiring a […]
Drury Signals Intent With Trade
It has been a question on the mind of many of the Rangers faithful for some weeks now, what is Chris Drury going to do at this year’s trade deadline. Today we got the answer, with the trade of Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey to the Colorado Avalanche along with prospect Hank Kempf in exchange […]
Kaapo Kakko KOed in OK Trade
The Rangers last night traded 23 year old Kaapo Kakko to the Seattle Kraken in exchange for defenseman Will Borgen and two picks. The move comes as GM Chris Drury continues to deal with the fall-out of a team in an uncontrolled spiral, and just one day after Kakko expressed his frustration at being a […]
Drury’s Dangerous Driving
The circumstances for Chris Drury’s ascension to General Manager and President were quick and somewhat unexpected. It started with THAT game against the Capitals on May 3rd, 2001 which saw Tom Wilson embarrass the Rangers on their home ice. Two days later owner Jim Dolan had fired both President John Davidson and General Manager Jeff […]
Trouba Ducks Out Of New York
Rangers captain Jacob Trouba has been traded to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for soon to be 26 year-old left handed defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a conditional 2025 4th round pick. No salary was retained by New York, meaning the remaining balance of his $8M contract for this year and next has been completely removed […]
Trouba Trouble About To Resolve
It appears Jacob Trouba’s time with the Rangers is nearing an end. Trouba will be a healthy scratch tonight, and will be either traded, or placed on waivers at 2pm Eastern, which would either result in him being claimed by another team by 2pm Saturday, or potentially reassigned to Hartford. The move would seemingly bring […]
Domingue Set To Make Debut
With Igor Shesterkin and Jonathan Quick both sidelined with injuries, the Rangers will turn to third string netminder Louis Domingue for the start tonight against Minnesota. It’ll be the first game for the Rangers since signing in the Summer of 2022 following a solid performance in the playoffs for the Pittsburgh Penguins – against the […]
Hartford makes cuts
The Rangers announced today what appears to be their final cuts heading into next Thursday’s season opener against the Buffalo Sabres. Rookie Brennan Othmann was reassigned, and veterans Jonny Brodzinsky and Ben Harpur were placed on waivers, and are expected to be reassigned to Hartford tomorrow. Going into camp, Cuylle appeared to be in consideration […]
Bruins Shutout Rangers On Rainy Night
The New York Rangers opened their preseason tonight with a 3-0 loss in Boston. Starting 45 minutes later than scheduled due to travel delays, it took probably another 20-30 minutes for the team to properly find its rhythm, and except for some costly mistakes, the visiting Blueshirts probably ended the game with more quality chances. […]