As focus eventually shifts to next season, the cap crunch for the NY Rangers becomes a talking point. Assuming an $84 million cap ceiling, the Rangers will have $18.6 million in cap space to work with. This factors in Kevin Shattenkirk’s $6.083 million buyout cap hit, and also accounts for Dan Girardi’s $1.1 million buyout cap hit. The key free agents are Chris Kreider (UFA), Ryan Strome (RFA), Jesper Fast (UFA), and Tony DeAngelo (RFA). For the sake of this discussion, let’s assume Alex Georgiev will be traded.
On Brendan Smith’s future
