Chytil Back To Wing
After a below par preseason, the Rangers appear to be giving up on promoting Filip Chytil into the second line center position. Chytil practiced today on the third line wing, and early drew remarks from coach David Quinn that suggested the bench boss was not happy with what he’d seen so far from the young Czech. Chytil’s […]
Extras Stay For Saturday
Yesteday the team trimmed the camp roster to 32 players, with at least nine more players destined to be heading to the minors over the coming days. Yet a handful of players remain with the big team practicing ahead of Saturday’s preseason finale in Bridgeport, where a number of the ones who miss the roster […]
Friday Injury Update
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 […]
Rangers Trim Four
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 […]
Sean Day Actually On Roster
A further update clarifies that 2016 3rd round pick Sean Day is indeed on the training camp roster, despite not being listed in the practice squads. Day had off-season surgery, but will skate with the team tomorrow as he come back. With the correction, Matt Beleskey remains the only contracted player not invited to camp, and the official roster […]
Rangers Announce 54 Man Roster For Camp
The Rangers will report for physicals tomorrow, one day ahead of the official start to training camp on Friday. 54 players were included on the practice squads, with defenseman Yegor Rykov also expected to be added if he can overcome a sprained ankle he suffered during the recently completed Traverse City Prospects Tourney in Michigan. There were few surprises […]
Traverse City Roster Released
We’re one week and four days away from the Traverse City and the Rangers today released the names of the 24 players expected to participate in the five day tournament that precedes training camp and unofficially starts the preseason. The focus – and expectations – this year, will be on a group of new prospects […]
Rangers Russian To Free Agency
Leading up to the July 1st free agency period, the Rangers had been one of a handful of teams expected to make a bid for the services of left winger Artemi Panarin. Along with the Panthers and Islanders, the Rangers had shown a lot of interest in the 27 year old Russian, hoping to accelerate a […]
Rangers Let Nine Go
The Rangers entered the free agency period with nine players either not offered qualifying offers, or allowed to leave as Unrestricted Free Agents. Of the nine, five had appeared on Broadway, with the remaining four not officially credited with any playing time, though Dustin Tokarski did operate as a backup goaltender. Included were three netminders, Tokarski, Brandon Halverson and Chris […]
Rangers Don’t Qualify Three
The Rangers elected to not extend qualifying offes to at least three players, including defenseman Fredrik Claesson. The 27 year old blueliner signed as a UFA last Summer and served as a fill-in defender for 37 games, registering 2 goals, 4 assists, 9 penalty minutes and a +3 rating. A serviceable 6th/7th defenseman who could come […]