Rarely spoken about, Kevin Rooney was quietly a solid contributor for the Rangers this past season. Signed to a two-year deal mainly for expansion draft purposes, most expected Rooney to fill in on the fourth line, maybe get some PK time, and likely serve as the 13F. Instead, the 28 year old played in 54 of 56 games, putting up nice line of 8-6-14 while playing those fourth line minutes.
In addition to providing some stability to the fourth line, Rooney was one of the primary penalty killing forwards. He was third in penalty kill time behind Mika Zibanejad and Pavel Buchnevich.