The Rangers added another young prospect to their mix on defense when the club signed 22-year-old Russian Yegor Rykov to an entry level contract, which the team announced Monday.
Rykov will join a crowded group of prospects on the blue line for training camp. Earlier this month, the Rangers acquired Jericho native Adam Fox in a trade from Carolina and then signed him to an entry level contract. Ryan Lindgren and Libor Hajek, who both are 21, played at AHL Hartford last season and saw limited action with the Rangers, will get long looks in camp this fall as the Rangers try to figure out how to improve a defense that allowed 267 goals in 2018-19.