RANGERS ROUND UP: News and Notes
The Rangers Prospect Camp began on Monday. The roster includes:
Forwards: Lias Andersson, Morgan Barron, Adrian Carbonara, Filip Chytil, Colton Conrad, Walker Duehr, Gabriel Fontaine, Tim Gettinger, Ryan Gropp, Dominik Lakatos, Dawson Leedahl, Vinni Lettieri, Ryan Moore, Andrew Oglevie, Kyle Pettit, Pavel Poryadin, Ty Ronning, Luc Smith, Joseph Snively, Tyce Thompson, Patrik Virta
Defensemen: Alexei Bereglazov, Brandon Crawley, Sean Day, John Gilmour, Brendan Kotyk, Griffin Luce, Alec McCrea, Tyler Mueller, Vince Pedrie, Neal Pionk, Tarmo Reunanen, Calle, Sjalin, Sergey Zborovskiy
Goaltenders: Aleksander Georgiev, Adam Huska, Chris Nell, Tyler Wall
Developmental Camp will run from Monday, June 26 to Friday, June 30 at the MSG Training Center.
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The Rangers have officially not offered RFAs Brandon Pirri, Adam Clendening, Troy Donnay, Michael Paliotta and Mackenzie Skapski qualifying offers. Those players will become UFAs.
The Rangers did offer qualifying offers to RFAs Mika Zibanejad, Jesper Fast and Nicklas Jensen.
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According to Craig Custance, the Rangers are one of a few teams that is "in the mix" and talking with Sharks forward and UFA Patrick Marleau.
Other teams that have expressed interest in Marleau include Toronto, Anaheim, Carolina, Nashville, LA and the Sharks.
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Elliotte Friedman writes that the Rangers and Smith appear "headed towards a deal." (Sportsnet)
Smith's agent says that he continues to have "good dialogue" with Jeff Gorton and said that "hopefully" the two are working toward a resolution that would keep Smith with the Rangers. (NY Post)
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The Rangers have reached out to Buffalo's Anders Nilsson as a replacement for recently traded goaltender Antti Raanta.
Larry Brooks of the NY Post has speculated that other possible candidates could include Antti Niemi, Keith Kinkaid, Mike Condon or Ondrej Pavelec.
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Speculation is the Rangers may opt to try and sign either center Joe Thornton or Patrick Marleau to replace Derek Stepan in the lineup. Both Thornton and Marleau are pending free agents come July 1.
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The Rangers are currently in discussions with agents for RFA Mika Zibanejad to extend his contract and are said to be “open to anything” regarding his contract.
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The Rangers currently have $20 million in cap space, a number that could reach close to $23 million if Kevin Klein decides to retire.
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NYR Alumni Birthdays 6/28
Lance Nethery C (1980-1981) Muzz Patrick D (1938-41,1945-46)
Today in NYR History June 28
1990: The Rangers acquire forward Tim Domi and Mark LaForest from Toronto for Greg Johnston.