The NY Rangers wrapped up their offseason with last night’s two year Alexis Lafreniere contract. It took a little longer than expected to finalize the Lafreniere contract, but it’s done, and there are no more loose ends heading into training camp. The Lafreniere contract comes with a $2.325 million cap hit, very manageable for the Rangers given their current cap situation. It’s a short term win, but a long term gamble.
1. For the overall cap situation, the Lafreniere contract is pretty well structured. The cap hit is manageable, leaving the Rangers with about $725k in cap space when they trim the roster to 13F/7D/2G.