The past 48 hours have been a little crazy on Broadway.
With the Rangers making final moves to get cap compliant by 5 p.m. Tuesday, a report surfaced the organization was looking to part ways with young defenseman Dylan McIlrath. This made sense, since the day before Alain Vigneault mentioned he only wanted to keep seven defenseman around, and the Rangers currently have eight.
A minor injury to Kevin Klein might have stabilized things on the defensive side, with the Rangers announcing he’s day-to-day:
AV says Kevin Klein is dealing with back spasms that have kept him out of practice the last two days.