Rangers Agree To Terms With Marc Staal
The news that we’ve all been waiting for was finally released today. After months of seeming intractable negotiations, the Rangers and Marc Staal have agreed on a five year contract that will pay him an average of $3.975M per year. The timely signing means that when the Rangers open camp on Friday, they’ll avoid going into camp […]
Callahan Agrees To New Contract
Posted by Toby Ivey ≡ 7:48:29 PM – July 13, 2009The NHL announced this morning that the arbitration hearing dates for Ryan Callahan would be July 23rd. As it turns out that date is now free, after the Rangers announced they had come to terms with the 24 year old Callahan this afternoon on a reported two-year […]
Schedule Released
The NHL announced yesterday the official schedule for the Rangers. New York will of course start their season with a to trip to Europe and a double header in Prague on October 4th and 5th against the Tampa Bay Lightning. According to earlier reports, the Rangers will play a pre-season competition in Switzerland before heading to the Czech Republic, and are likely […]
Hossa Accepts Deal
With just three more days until his scheduled arbitration hearing, Marcel Hossa and the Rangers have agreed to a one year, $780,000 contract. The contract is a modest raise over last year’s $600,000 figure and is reflective of the desire for the Rangers to continue to give the benefit of the doubt to the inconsistent forward. Hossa […]
Betting On Betts
The Rangers have announced today that they have signed center Blair Betts to a two years, $1.23 million extension. The announcement is the first in several years for the Rangers, who have typically waited until the off-season to re-sign their players, but with Betts’ play both last year and this along with his relatively cheap […]
Pock Back
The Rangers re-signed Thomas Pock to what is likely to be his third and final NHL contract with the organization unless he can force his way into the line-up this year. The 2005-06 AHL All-star had a break-out season with the Wolf Pack, registering 15 goals and 61 points as well as playing 8 games […]
Straka Returns
New York made another expected move official today with the announcement that left wing Martin Straka has agreed to come back next year. The 33 year old forward had his third best season of his career last season playing opposite of Jaromir Jagr for much of the year. Straka registered 20 goals for the fourth […]
Rangers Call In Cullen
The first name free agent to sign with the Rangers will be coming fresh off a Stanley Cup win. Matt Cullen today agreed to terms with the New York Rangers on a multi-year deal. The former 2nd round pick had a career year last season scoring 25 goals and 49 points, both career highs. Set […]
Grenier And Giroux Sign
Grenier Re-SignsThe Rangers have announced that they have re-signed Martin Grenier. The Quebec native will be looking to put an injury plagued season behind him this year, which saw him miss almost 60 games with a recurring injury to his thumb. Acquired in March 2004 as part of the deal that sent Martin Rucinsky to […]
Three More Signed
Former #1 Pick Re-SignedThe Rangers announced today that they have re-signed Jamie Lundmark to a contract, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Originally drafted 8th overall in the 1999 draft, Lundmark has yet to secure a spot in the NHL going into his fifth professional season. Initially drafted as a center, the Rangers elected […]