First skate is Thursday
On Sunday, NYR made first camp cuts. Only Vaisanen is under NHL contract, and he was destined to play in Europe this year.
TO HARTFORD:
Maxim Barbashev
Carter Berger
Brett Budgell
Jonny Evans
Blake Hillman
Blade Jenkins
Case McCarthy
Blake McLaughlin
Jake Murray
Chase Pauls
Ryan Siedem
TO JUNIORS:
Nathan Aspinall
Raoul Boilard
Noah Van Vliet
TO EUROPE:
Kalle Vaisanen
goaltender Hugo Ollas gets sent down today, will ultimately end up in Bloomington
Goaltender Talyn Boyko has been reassigned to Hartford. He has been hurt as well.
Defenseman Ben Harpur and forwards Alex Belzile and Jake Leschyshyn have been placed on waivers pending reassignment
Mancini has all the attributes the Rangers desperately need to compete with the better heavy forecheck NHL teams. Most important being physical, and size. Would be so helpful against heavy forechecks.
Not sold on Garrick or Vesey on the fourth line, or Brodzynski as the extra forward. Rangers need to get Edstrom and Othmann onto the fourth line and getting some minutes. That way they get used to the NHL and are better prepared to jump up in the lineup if a top nine guy goes down. Nothing the matter with starting on the fourth line, as long as coach gets them on the ice. Both have the skills. Vesey has sort of run his course and all he's doing is holding back kids with upside. Penalty kills but that can be replaced by Kakko for one.
The Rangers have made more roster cuts, with Jaroslav Chmelar, Bryce McConnell-Barker, Dylan Roobroeck, and Adam Sykora each assigned to AHL Harford. They also released Adam Erne, Madison Bowey, Blade Jenkins, Nate Sucese and Blake Hillman from their PTOs. All will report to Hartford training camp, with Erne and Bowey now on AHL PTOs.
From another site.
The Rangers have 36 players remaining in Training Camp. The roster breakdown is listed below:
Forwards (20): Brett Berard, Anton Blidh, Jonny Brodzinski, Sam Carrick, Filip Chytil, Will Cuylle, Adam Edstrom, Bo Groulx, Kaapo Kakko, Ryder Korczak, Chris Kreider, Alexis Lafreniere, Riley Nash, Brennan Othmann, Artemi Panarin, Matt Rempe, Reilly Smith, Vincent Trocheck, Jimmy Vesey, Mika Zibanejad
Defensemen (12): Casey Fitzgerald, Adam Fox, Zac Jones, Ryan Lindgren, Connor Mackey, Victor Mancini, K’Andre Miller, Matthew Robertson, Chad Ruhwedel, Brandon Scanlin, Braden Schneider, Jacob Trouba
Goaltenders (4): Louis Domingue, Dylan Garand, Jonathan Quick, Igor Shesterkin
Bo Groulx also on waivers for assignment
Mackey on waivers, Othmann and Korzak to Hartford.
Which leaves
Forwards (20): Brett Berard, Johnny Brodzinski, Sam Carrick, Filip Chytil, Will Cuylle, Adam Edstrom, Kaapo Kakko, Chris Kreider, Alexis Lafreniere, Artemi Panarin, Matt Rempe, Reilly Smith, Vincent Trocheck, Jimmy Vesey, Mika Zibanejad
Defensemen (12): Adam Fox, Zac Jones, Ryan Lindgren, Victor Mancini, K’Andre Miller, Matthew Robertson, Chad Ruhwedel, Braden Schneider, Jacob Trouba
Goaltenders (4): Jonathan Quick, Igor Shesterkin
Mackey clears waivers assigned to Hartford. Still a good option of D injuries pile up.
Robertson on waivers.