NYR TODAY Friday 6/30: UFA Notes, Alumni Birthdays, Today in Rangers History

With just over 24 hours away from the 2017 NHL free Agency Frenzy the Rangers are rumored to have interest in pending UFA defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, golatender  Anders Nilsson and center Nick Bonino.

The Rangers are rumored to have checked in with Shattenkirk and will speak with him on Saturday and have reached out to Buffalo's Anders Nilsson about the role of replacing recently traded Antti Raanta.

Bonino, 29, has been with the Penguins for the past two seasons, collecting 29 points in 63 games in 2015-16 and 37 points in 80 games this past season.

NYR Alumni Birthdays 6/30 

Bob Froese G (1986-1990) Ken Gernander RW (1996-97,2004) Ron Harris D (1972-1975) Jamie McLennan G (2003-2004) Bert Robertson D (2000-2001) Steve Weeks G (1980-1984)

Today in NYR History June 30

1976: The Rangers acquire Nick Fotiu from the New England Whalers (WHA) in exchange for cash and an agreement to play two future preseason games against the Whalers.

Rangers Prospect Camp Opens Today, 5 Players set to Become UFAs

The Rangers have announced their roster for prospect development camp, which begins today.

Forward: 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

Defense: 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

Goalie: Aleksander Georgiev, Adam Huska, Chris Nell, Tyler Wall

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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.