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 […]
Emergency Call-up Request Denied
The Rangers will be a defenseman short once again tonight, as the Rangers play their third straight game shorthanded, and potentially face one more before the return of K’Andre Miller from his three game suspension. The NHL today denied the Rangers’ request for an emergency call-up, presumably because the team could have made a call-up in lieu […]
Math Getting Complicated On Kane Deal
It appears there’s a high likelihood at this stage, that Patrick Kane will be a New York Ranger by this time next week, when the NHL Trade Deadline passes – 3:00pm Eastern, on Friday March 3rd. What isn’t so clear yet is how that’s going to be accomplished. If the plan is to trade Vitali Kravtsov as part of […]
NOTES: Are Deadline Calculations Changing?
When Kaapo Kakko dropped out of the line-up last month, an already weak position on the right wing got suddenly moreso. The thought was, that the Rangers needed another top six winger to make a serious run this year at a Stanley Cup, capitalizing on career form from Igor Shesterkin, as well as Chris Kreider. As everyone knows, the […]