With Hartford needing some help to turn it around under new head coach Jay Leach, Chris Drury added two depth players with limited NHL experience in center Glenn Gawdin and defenseman Marc Del Gaizo, both signed to matching 2 year $875K AAV contracts. While neither is projected to seriously compete for a spot on the Rangers, they do provide a level of experience to what is a largely remade line-up.
The 29 year old Gawdin has not seen the NHL since the 2023-24 season, and has just 13 games to his name, but did manage to put up 51 points in 71 games for the Ontario Reign of the AHL last season, putting him in the middle six for forwards. As a right shot, he also can play Center or Right Wing which gives the Pack a few options as they put their line-up together.
Del Gaizo has played 55 NHL games, including his last stint of 46 games back in 2024-25, all with the Nashville Predators. At 26 years, he’s still on the younger side and projects again into the middle of the line-up on the left side.
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| 2020-21 | 23 | CGY | NHL | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 48:28 | 6:55 | 19 | 16 | 54.3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | 24 | CGY | NHL | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 18:29 | 9:15 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | 25 | ANA | NHL | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 28:47 | 9:36 | 8 | 14 | 36.4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | 26 | ANA | NHL | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7:35 | 7:35 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| NHL | NHL | NHL | NHL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 15 | 103:19 | 7:57 | 32 | 41 | 43.8 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 2 | |
| NHL | NHL | NHL | NHL | 82 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -19 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.0 | 95 | 650 | 7:57 | 202 | 259 | 43.8 | 38 | 132 | 19 | 13 |
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| 2023-24 | 24 | NSH | NHL | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 26 | 148:09 | 16:28 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024-25 | 25 | NSH | NHL | D | 46 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 2.6 | 158 | 770:36 | 16:45 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 71 | 19 | 38 |
| NHL | NHL | NHL | NHL | 55 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 2.4 | 184 | 918:45 | 16:42 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 91 | 23 | 42 | |
| NHL | NHL | NHL | NHL | 82 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 2.4 | 274 | 1369 | 16:42 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 136 | 34 | 63 |