Four Qualified – Four Not
With qualifying offers required to RFAs today, news has been reported that four of the Rangers eight RFAs have been given qualifying offers. Unsurprisingly the biggest name on the list is Kaapo Kakko, who is coming off his Entry Level Contract. Joining him on the list are Austin Rueschhoff, a lanky 6-7 winger who joined the Rangers […]
Trade Options: Alexandar Georgiev
Goaltender Alexandar Georgiev was a topic of conversation for many over the Summer, with a handful of teams reportedly having interest in the Bulgarian born netminder. As it turned out, the Rangers either chose to keep him, or could not find a deal that made sense. In fact, the Rangers opened their season with Georgiev in net […]
Rangers Make Moves Following Loss
Following Wednesday’s night 7-3 loss to Colorado, the Rangers have made a number of moves to adjust their roster. Rookie netminder Adam Huska who was in net for all seven goals, has been reassigned to Hartford, with veteran Keith Kinkaid called up in his spot. Also returned to Hartford was forward Morgan Barron, who had been called up as cover […]
Waivers Cleared For All Six
All six players placed on waivers for purposes of reassignment to Hartford have cleared, and will now join the Wolf Pack ahead of their training camp. The six included Anthony Bitetto, Keith Kinkaid, Tim Gettinger and Jonny Brodzinski, who all saw limited action last year to cover for injuries. Also sent down, were Ty Ronning and Anthony Greco, who are both […]
Othmann Sent Down – 6 Placed On Waivers
As the last 2021 draft pick to be reassigned, Brennan Othmann felt he achieved one of his goals. Observers have said he didn’t look out of place alongside his much more experienced teammates, which bodes well for his future. With just one appearance, Othmann’s chance to impress has largely been in the confines of the Rangers’ practice […]
Kevin Over Colin
With lists due to the NHL by 5:00pm Eastern Saturday, and a trade freeze starting two hours before – and running until 1:00pm Thursday – the Rangers were about to give us the first clues as to what might happen this offseason. The re-signing of both Julien Gauthier and Brett Howden prior to the deadline suggested that the Rangers […]
Let’s Not Make A Deal
April 12th, 2021 and the NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone without the New York Rangers making any deals. In all fairness, the Rangers weren’t expected to make any changes, though the possibility remained for some of their pending UFAs and those with a year or less on their contracts being in play. Also […]
Shesterkin Set To Return
For the most part, since the early part of the 2005-06 season, Rangers fans have had to little to worry about in goal. Such was Henrik Lundqvist‘s impact in net, that there was little to consider. Sure, there have still been detractors in that period…after all we often have emotional, and irrational expectations on the payers, […]
Roster Set For Opening Night
The NHL season kicks off tomorrow night, and the Rangers get under way a day later when they host the New York Islanders at MSG. With a final practice yesterday, the team made their decisions and settled on the 22 players who will be on the roster to begin the season. Among those 22 players […]
Former Devil Kincaid Added
Goaltender Keith Kincaid has been added to the team on a two year deal worth an average $875K per year. Kincaid gives the Rangers a goaltender to expose in the upcoming waiver draft that will see the Seattle Kraken join the league next season. The 31 year old brings 151 games of NHL experience over […]