I think we all expected the New York Rangers to be relatively quite in free agency, but not this quite.
Through one week, the only UFA the Rangers have brought on board is depth defenseman Fredrik Claesson who will compete for a top six role in training camp.
They have let young and promising, but to this point dissapointing, forwards like Anthony Duclair and Tobias Reider slip away to the Blue Jackets and Oilers, respectively. Even Nail Yakupov couldn’t muster an offer from the Blueshirts, which was a factor in his path to signing a KHL contract.