New York Rangers
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Matt Rempe still working back from hand injury
The Rangers center missed most of 2025-26 with a hand injury requiring two surgeries and is not yet at full health.
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Rangers Hire Jonathan Quick as Director of Goaltending Development, Add Derick Brassard to Player Development Staff
Jonathan Quick returns to the Rangers three months after retiring, taking over goaltending development, while Derick Brassard joins the player development staff, per the New York Post and Newsday.
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Rangers Still Want to Add a Forward Before Camp, but Only $2.4 Million in Cap Space Limits the Search
Chris Drury still wants one more forward before September, per The Athletic’s Vincent Z. Mercogliano — but with about $2.4 million in cap space, the realistic market is bonus-eligible veterans like Patrik Laine.
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Rangers Sign Fifth Overall Pick Alberts Smits to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract
The fifth overall pick signs a three-year entry-level deal worth $1.075 million per season at the NHL level, three weeks after becoming the highest-drafted Latvian in league history.
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Rangers Sign Braden Schneider to One-Year, $5.5 Million Contract, Avoiding July 29 Arbitration Hearing
Schneider’s settlement more than doubles his cap hit and takes the Rangers’ only arbitration case off the docket two weeks before his hearing.
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Lafreniere Projected to Open 2026-27 on Rangers’ First Line With Zibanejad and Dorofeyev
The Athletic projects Alexis Lafreniere to open the season with Mika Zibanejad and Pavel Dorofeyev after a 28-point closing stretch on the top power play. The deployment he has never had is finally his.
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Rangers Trade Vincent Trocheck to Utah for Sean Durzi, Cole Beaudoin and a 2027 Third-Round Pick
After months of rumors, New York moved its 32-year-old second-line center to the Mammoth for a top-four right-shot defenseman, a 2024 first-rounder and a pick.