The New York Rangers recently missed out on signing their star UFA Vladimir Tarasenko, as the Ottawa Senators landed a 1-year, $5 million contract with the right winger. It’s not clear how much of an attempt the Rangers made to re-sign Tarasenko, as it seemed like both he and Patrick Kane were too expensive to be anything more than trade deadline rentals last season.
But after seeing the final contract, it seems like extending Tarasekno could have been possible if New York hadn’t signed so many depth veteran forwards and maybe got rid of a bottom-six player such as Barclay Goodrow.