When New York Rangers general manager Chris Drury looks ahead to how he’ll manage his roster next summer, he can be relieved that he won’t face a Leo Carlsson situation when it comes to Gabe Perreault, who he hopes will spend the 2026-27 season further cementing the notion that he’s a rising core player for the Blueshirts.
The New York Rangers changed the trajectory of their franchise when they acquired Mika Zibanejad from the Ottawa Senators on July 18, 2016, along with a second-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft, in exchange for Derick Brassard and a seventh-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft.
Matt Rempe battled injuries for most of last season, and he enters New York Rangers training camp looking to regain some momentum and earn a regular spot in the lineup.
We are a little more than a month away from training camps opening, and the offseason has slowed to a complete stop. We are all focused on the Rangers on-ice improvements, which is to be expected.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The New York Rangers did not spend the offseason behaving like a team willing to wait. Chris Drury changed the roster, surrendered valuable draft capital and placed another bet on a quick return to contention.
New York Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury did a solid job of upgrading the team's talent this offseason. The Rangers are in a position where they could compete for a playoff spot in the Metropolitan Division with the players currently on the team.
Nearly one-third of the 1,148 players (1,055 skaters and 93 goaltenders) who donned a New York Rangers sweater for at least one game during their first 100 years did so wearing a uniform number from 10 to 20.
There has been a lot of debate about the odds of the New York Rangers getting back into the Eastern Conference playoffs. They have missed two years in a row after making franchise history with 55 victories and 114 points in the 2023-24 campaign, earning the Presidents’ Trophy.
Arguably the biggest gripe for New York Rangers fans over the last few years has been the franchise’s inability to develop young players. Despite having
The New York Rangers did a lot of work on their roster this offseason, upgrading the talent level considerably. It was a necessary move, given where the team finished in the Eastern Conference standings this past season.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The New York Rangers made several changes to their performance staff this offseason, adding new hires and making changes to multiple positions within the department.
As the regular season and the start of training camp get closer, the New York Rangers are a team that is hoping to be much better. Coming off a last-place finish in the Eastern Conference, the Rangers had no shortage of needs coming into the offseason.
A total of 1,148 players – 1,055 skaters and 93 goaltenders – donned a New York Rangers sweater for at least one game during their first 100 years. That includes everyone from the 11 players who took the ice on Nov.
The New York Rangers are hopeful that the moves team president and general manager Chris Drury has made with the roster will lead to better results on the ice.
Over the past few weeks, NHL Network has been releasing its list of top 20 players at certain positions heading into this season. Their most recent list was their top 20 defensemen, and one name and one ranking that has gotten a lot of attention is Adam Fox of the New York Rangers.
For the first time in Chris Drury’s tenure as president and general manager of the New York Rangers, the team had ample cap space to work with in the offseason.
The New York Rangers have spent a lot of assets upgrading their roster for the 2026-27 season, hoping to snap their playoff drought at two years. However, despite the changes that have been made, team president and general manager Chris Drury is still looking to add to the team ahead of training camp beginning in about five weeks.
Braden Schneider may — or may not — be a member of the New York Rangers defense corps past the 2026-27 season. But either way, he’s well-positioned to cash in with his next longer-term contract.
Live From the Blue Seats is back as Dave and Producer JL talk the Rangers plans beyond this season. For some reason, it seems the strategy again appears to be Connor McDavid or bust for the Rangers, the second time they appear to be banking on a free agent to choose the New York Rangers two years in advance.
It wasn’t very long ago that the New York Rangers were the cream of the crop in the Eastern Conference, contending for the right to play in the Stanley Cup Finals.
Daily Faceoff: The New York Rangers have had their eye on landing a superstar, but the big free agent class this offseason that many were expecting didn’t come to fruition, according to Michael Rupp.
The New York Rangers had a disappointing 2025-26 season, but they added a few key players this offseason, and they got strong play from many of their young forwards last season, especially after the Olympic break.