GREENBURGH, N.Y. – The Friday morning after their final preseason game, the Rangers cut their training camp roster down to their final 23, with the biggest surprise being that Lias Andersson.
Andersson, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2017 NHL draft was sent to the Rangers’ AHL affiliate in Hartford, while Brett Howden, a first-round pick by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2016 who was acquired in the Ryan McDonagh-J.T. Miller deal at last season’s trade deadline, made the team.
Long Island’s Rob O’Gara, who had finished last season with the Rangers after being acquired in the trade that sent defenseman Nick Holden to Boston shortly before the deadline, also was assigned to Hartford.