With less than a month left until the frenzy that is free agency begins and
the New York Rangers will certainly be looking for offense when the market opens on July
1. In looking ahead to the free agent market there have already been
looks at Brad
Richards for the first line center role, James
Wisniewski as a puck-moving defender that could also aid the power
play, Brooks Laich as a top-six forward and Simon Gagne as another potential cheap gamble. Today, the looks at the free agency previews
continue to look at the options on the defensive side today with Anton Babchuk,
most recently of Calgary.
It might seem strange given the recent trade for defenseman Tim Erixon to be talking about signing a free agent defender, but given the fact that other than Dan Girardi the entire defensive corps would be 24 or under there could still be a need for a veteran presence. Also, given the weakness of the free agent forward market, signing a defender would given the Rangers even mor...
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