So far the Rangers have made seven major acquisitions this off-season (Mats Zuccarello-Aasen, Martin Biron, Derek Boogaard, Steve Eminger, Alexander Frolov, Todd White, and Tim Kennedy); and with the addition of Tim Kennedy on Monday the Rangers own nine forwards with one-way contracts, and a total of 14 forwards on their roster who played in the NHL last season. A NHL team usually only holds a total of 12 forwards in the NHL, which means the Rangers are two forwards over the average limit.
On defense the Rangers have four players on one-way contracts, and six players that played in the NHL last season. The average amount of defenders on a NHL roster happens to be six, which means the Rangers are pretty much set for next season.
But there’s still time for the Rangers to change and improve their team this off-season, so why shouldn’t they?
According to cap-geek the Rangers are about eighty-five thousand dollars over the restricted cap limit; and they would still like to resign Marc Staal.
The Rangers will likely open cap-space by sending one or two veterans to the minors (thus opening cap-space), but Glen Sather can also mo ...
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