Every single summer during NHL free agency, there comes a point when the music stops. Then those teams caught standing without a chair can panic spend on a bottom six player or the front office can accept that it missed out and roll over its financial flexibility to the following summer. The New York Rangers are facing this situation come July 1st.
As a team with cap space, an interest in dramatically improving and a marquee landing spot, the Rangers are always floated as a busy team in free agency. This past summer, the Rangers only brought in one outside free agent, defenseman Fredrik Claesson, in anticipation of a rebuilding season.