Rangers Extend Lafreniere

The Rangers announced late yesterday, that they have reached a two year agreement with RFA forward Alexis Lafreniere. Lafreniere had been the sole remaining RFA for the team, and his signing concludes the Summer of signings for all intents and purposes. The deal came in at 2 years, with a value of $2.325 million annually, which aligns to expectations.

Rangers ‘Ty’ Up Emberson For Another Year

Chris Drury signed his second RFA of the off-season today, locking up 23 year old defenseman Ty Emberson for another year for the minimum $775K contract. The right handed defenseman is one of only two right handed defensemen signed by the Rangers in Hartford, along with Mac Holloway, who was added as a UFA on July 1st.

Miller Resigned

New York locked up defenseman K’Andre Miller for two more years Tuesday, with a bridge deal worth and AAV of $3.872M.  With little Cap room left, it was generally expected that this woudl be a two year bridge deal, leading into a bigger payday for the young blueliner in a couple of years.  At this cost, it leaves the Rangers with about $3M or so to sign their last remaining roster play Alexis Lafreniere, and leave a little space to cover for injuries and/or trades along the way.

Kakko Signs For Two

Rangers GM Chris Drury appears to have wrapped up his Summer activities with the news today that Kaapo Kakko and hte team have agreed to a two year bridge contract at $2.1M per year.  The contract means the Rangers will go into the season with around $900K of salary cap space, would be translate to around $4M of space […]

Zibanjead Extended For Eight

All Summer long, the speculation has been about whether the Rangers could pull off a deal that would bring disgruntled – and injured – Buffalo center Jack Eichel to New York, but instead of a big trade, Chris Drury has signed Mika Zibanejad through to the end of the 2029-30 season. The eight year extension – which kicks in […]

Ronning Signed

Capping off their signings this week, the Rangers have come to terms with forward Ty Ronning on a one-year $750,000 deal.  The agreement means the 24 year old right winger – and son of former NHLer Cliff Ronning, will get another shot at trying to break into the NHL with the Rangers. A former draft pick of […]

Tim Gettinger Signed for Another Year

The Rangers have signed another of their RFAs, agreeing to a one-year $750,000 deal with 23 year old Tim Gettinger.  Gettinger has spent most of his career in Hartford since being drafted in the 5th round of the 2016 draft. With eight games spanning three seasons, Gettinger has been used primarily as an injury call-up […]

Huska Agrees To One Year Deal

He currently sits fourth on the Rangers netminder depth chart, but Adam Huska will come back for another year with the Rangers, hoping to finally get a chance at an NHL start.  The 24 year old Slovak was drafted by the Rangers in the 7th round of the 2015 Entry Draft and has worked his way up […]

Chytil Signs Up For Two More

Filip Chytil signed a two-year extension today to remain with Rangers through the end of the 2022-23 season. With an AAV of $2.3M, he comes in around at what you would expect for a player at this stage of his career, where he spent most of his playing time as a third line center. Where he […]

Gauthier Signed to 1 Year Deal

With around 30 hours remaining until protected lists are due to the NHL, the Rangers have come to terms with forward Julien Gauthier on a one year deal worth $775,000.  The deal marks the third of the thirteen RFAs signed since Chris Drury took over as GM of the Rangers. The signing means the Rangers now have the option […]