New York Rangers
The whole organization. One connected view.
Eastern Conference · Metropolitan DivisionOpen GM workspace2026–27
Current roster2615 F · 7 D · 4 GKnown commitmentsUS$96.4M19 / 22 contracts pricedFarm system#15Middle · board consensusNext game@ OTTOct 24
Line combinations
Provider projection · 2026-10-12
#93
#16
#24
#10
#13
#50
#42
#17
#28
#44
#23
#26
#5
#4Goaltending
Igor Shesterkin
#31 · NYR · 30 years- SV%
- GAA
- Games
2025–26 · NHL regular season
Shots on goal faced
1,299 saves126 goals allowed
Source & scope
NHL stats API goalie summary (aggregated across clubs), data/goalie-stats-2025-26.json · 2026-09-21T18:03:37.296Z. Current roster; statistics from the stated season, across clubs. This selection does not identify tonight’s starter. Condensed footage does not establish full video coverage.
Contract horizon
Cap & contractsKnown AAV · 2026–2719 priced deals · 3 AAV unknown
Ceiling · ConfirmedUS$104M
Known committed share92.7%
Ceiling less known AAVUS$7.6M
ForwardsDefenceGoalies
Line: season-specific ceiling. * Outlook or assumption. Balance is not certified cap room.
Cap outlook assumptions
Local to this panel; does not change the GM financial scenario ceiling.
Sources, coverage & amounts
Sum of known AAV, not a complete payroll forecast or available cap room. Relief, bonuses and other charges are excluded. The file may contain later-dated signed terms; its file stamp is not a historical as-of reconstruction.
NHL/NHLPA · 2026–27: $104M · 2026-05-06
NHL/NHLPA · 2027–28: $113.5M · 2025-01-31 · subject to adjustment
Elliotte Friedman / Sportsnet · 2028–29: $127.5M · 2026-09-25 · reported estimate, not confirmed
Beyond that, no published limit in the checked sources. Any chosen growth is a planning assumption, not a forecast. Expiring commitments do not automatically fund a complete future roster.
0 contracts with unresolved terms remain outside the bars.
- F
- 45,884,167 USD
- D
- 35,050,000 USD
- G
- 15,500,000 USD
0 priced signed extensions included this season.
Contract ledger · file stamp 2026-09-21
Prospect pathways
Prospects
Alberts ŠmitsD · JukuritNHLETA —
Gabe PerreaultRW · New York RangersNHLETA —
Malcolm SpenceL · Univ. of MichiganNHLETA —
Context & more prospects
Farm-board notables; recorded development stage, not an arrival forecast.
Alberts Šmits: 38 GP · 2025–26 · 13 points
Gabe Perreault: 49 GP · 2025–26 · 27 points
Malcolm Spence: 40 GP · 2025–26 · 25 points
Selection follows the farm board's published notable order. The NHL step is a pathway, not a confirmed move. Arrival dates and current rights are not verified here.
Cole Beaudoin
Liam Greentree
All pathways & roster lanes →What changed
All moves- Justin Dowlingrecalled from the minors
Reported event
- Cole Beaudoinsent to the minors
Reported event
Results, standings & source context
2026–27 regular season · current roster
Team overview
What the contracts tell us
What the contracts mean for the next moves
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Next game
2026–27
Upcoming games, columns & export
| Date | Opponent | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| at OTT | Regular season | ||
| vs LAK | Regular season | ||
| vs EDM | Regular season | ||
| vs STL | Regular season | ||
| vs PHI | Regular season |
White noise · as of 2026-10-18 · social 2026-10-18
New York Rangers are in the middle of the pack for attention (50th percentile); attention is up on the usual
How much the club is being talked about: the league's stories tagged to the club and to its players, daily pageviews of the club's article against its 90-day baseline, and posts naming the club on the connected networks (Bluesky). Attention, measured; not a claim about what it does to the room.
Social: .
Carrying the noise: Dylan Garand (), Igor Shesterkin (), Alexis Lafrenière ().
Latest from the league: Johnson scores lone goal, Blue Jackets defeat Rangers in OT (2026-10-18) · Johnson scores lone goal, Blue Jackets defeat Rangers in OT (2026-10-18) · Rangers at Blue Jackets: Postgame Notes (2026-10-18)
Contract ledger · researched 2026-09-21
New York Rangers contracts, 2026–27 onward
Every contract CapOrCup could source, one row per player, one column per season. Certified rows match a club or NHL release. Reported rows come from a named outlet and are labelled. Contracts with no public source are listed separately, and none are estimated.
| Player | 2026–27 | 2027–28 | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | |||
| Pavel DorofeyevCertifiedR | |||
| Mika ZibanejadCertifiedCNMC | |||
| J.T. MillerCertifiedCNMC | |||
| Alexis LafrenièreCertifiedLM-NTC | |||
| Will CuylleReportedL | |||
| Taylor RaddyshReportedR | |||
| Eeli TolvanenCertifiedR | |||
| Tye KartyeReportedL | |||
| Matt RempeCertifiedC | |||
| Gabe PerreaultReportedR | |||
| Jaroslav ChmelarReportedR | |||
| Noah LabaCertifiedC | |||
| Adam SykoraCertifiedL | |||
| Defence · | |||
| Adam FoxCertifiedDNMC | |||
| Vladislav GavrikovCertifiedDNMC | |||
| Sean DurziReportedDM-NTC | |||
| Marcus PetterssonCertifiedDNMC | |||
| Braden SchneiderCertifiedD | |||
| Urho VaakanainenCertifiedD | |||
| Goalies · | |||
| Igor ShesterkinCertifiedGM-NTC | |||
| Joonas KorpisaloCertifiedGM-NTC | |||
| Sourced total | |||
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Cap or Cup · league-wide signals
Who is earning the cap hit
Each priced NYR skater compared with every priced skater at the same position in the league. Open a signal for the full drill-down on the league board: the tests, the numbers, and what would change it.
Private scenario · 2026–27
New York Rangers cap planner
Enter figures you trust. The planner never turns missing contract data into a published total, and saves only in this browser.
Line 1
Zibanejad · Perreault
Line 2
Lafrenière · Dorofeyev · Cuylle · Miller
Line 3
Tolvanen
Line 4
Raddysh · Kartye · Chmelar · Rempe
Pair 1
Gavrikov · Pettersson · Schneider · Durzi · Fox
Pair 3
Vaakanainen
Projected lineup · as of 2026-10-12
New York Rangers as the feed projects it
Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts depth chart (licensed feed (30-day trial)): the club's intended lines, pairs, power-play units and goalie order, under Mike Sullivan. Measured lines above come from last season's shift charts; this is what the club says it means to do. "Expected starter" is first on the chart, not a confirmed start.
Line 1 · Gabe Perreault · Mika Zibanejad · Pavel Dorofeyev
Line 2 · Tye Kartye · J.T. Miller · Alexis Lafreniere
Line 3 · Will Cuylle · Noah Laba · Eeli Tolvanen
Line 4 · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Cole Beaudoin · Jaroslav Chmelar
Pair 1 · Vladislav Gavrikov · Adam Fox
Pair 2 · Marcus Pettersson · Sean Durzi
Pair 3 · Alberts Smits · Braden Schneider
Power play 1 · Alexis Lafreniere · J.T. Miller · Pavel Dorofeyev · Mika Zibanejad · Adam Fox
Power play 2 · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Will Cuylle · Gabe Perreault · Eeli Tolvanen · Sean Durzi
Goalies · expected starter Dylan Garand · Spencer Martin
Official roster
Who is in the organization now
| Player | # | Pos | Age | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | ||||
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 28 | R | ||
| Will Cuylle | 50 | L | ||
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 16 | R | ||
| Justin Dowling | 37 | C | ||
| Tye Kartye | 24 | L | ||
| Noah Laba | 42 | C | ||
| Alexis Lafrenière | 13 | L | ||
| J.T. Miller | 10 | C | ||
| Gabe Perreault | 94 | R | ||
| Taylor Raddysh | 14 | R | ||
| Matt Rempe | 73 | C | ||
| Adam Sykora | 38 | L | ||
| Eeli Tolvanen | 17 | R | ||
| Joseph Veleno | 90 | C | ||
| Mika Zibanejad | 93 | C | ||
| Defense · | ||||
| Sean Durzi | 5 | D | ||
| Adam Fox | 23 | D | ||
| Vladislav Gavrikov | 44 | D | ||
| Scott Morrow | 60 | D | ||
| Marcus Pettersson | 26 | D | ||
| Braden Schneider | 4 | D | ||
| Alberts Smits | 12 | D | ||
| Goalies · | ||||
| Dylan Garand | 33 | G | ||
| Joonas Korpisalo | 70 | G | ||
| Spencer Martin | 41 | G | ||
| Igor Shesterkin | 31 | G | ||
2025–26 production
Last season’s scoring leaders
Club totals with NYR.
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1Range not available Mika ZibanejadC | |||||
| #2Range not available Artemi PanarinL | |||||
| #3Range not available Alexis LafrenièreL | |||||
| #4Range not available Vincent TrocheckC | |||||
| #5Range not available J.T. MillerC | |||||
| #6Range not available Adam FoxD | |||||
| #7Range not available Will CuylleL | |||||
| #8Range not available Vladislav GavrikovD | |||||
| #9Range not available Gabe PerreaultR | |||||
| #10Range not available Noah LabaC |
Shots for
shots a game, expected per shot
Shots against
allowed a game, expected per shot
From the video · model judgement
How they gained the zone in condensed games
Read from the league's free condensed games: entries carried in against dumped in, entries denied at the line for and against, and the rest of what the model could see. A condensed game is a sample of the game, so these are observations from the games read, not season counts.
Games read: NYR at NJD (2026010019), NYI at NYR (2026010027), NJD at NYR (2026010045).
Coaching style · 2025-26
rides his top four defence; does not chase matchups; leans on one power-play unit
How the bench was run, measured from the shift charts and the play-by-play (a mid-season coaching change is not separated). Each is set against the league median; style words appear only where the club is clearly away from it.
System group
Plays like Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Wild, Columbus Blue Jackets, Seattle Kraken, San Jose Sharks
Four groups found by clustering every club's shot profile for and against. The group is described only by the features that set it apart from the league; no label is invented for it.
Goal archive ·
New York Rangers: every goal, with the league's video
Preseason, regular season and playoffs are kept apart. Each row links to the NHL's own highlight page; no video is hosted here. Where a clip has been reviewed, the reading of it is a model judgement of the frames, not a measurement.
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Assistant GM
New York Rangers: the front-office read
Every idea below is computed from sourced contracts, 2025–26 production, roster lanes, pick ownership and standings. Nothing is a rumour. Prices are computed guides from production and contract surplus, not market quotes.
Direction and front office
Selling
Selling now: veterans are available and the club is taking picks and prospects.
How this GM trades: . Sunk-cost risk: low.
Decisions that cannot wait
Most urgent
Ranked by how soon the decision is forced: offer-sheet dates, cap compliance, deadlines and sell-offs.
Gabe Perreault
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Comparable market salary
- Offer-sheet band
- 2027–28 room (sourced)
Dylan Strome (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Tomas Hertl (VGK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Tom Wilson (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Plan for the cap you might get
Cap outlook
Sourced commitments against the announced or projected ceiling, and against a flat cap at today's (the ceiling stayed flat in 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24). Unpriced contracts are not counted, so real room is smaller.
| Season | Committed | Ceiling | Room (projected) | Room (flat cap) | Needs growth | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | ||||||
| 2027–28 | ||||||
| 2028–29 | ||||||
| 2029–30 |
Long, expensive contracts: Igor Shesterkin ( through 2032–33: ); Pavel Dorofeyev ( through 2032–33: ); Mika Zibanejad ( through 2029–30: ); J.T. Miller ( through 2029–30: ); Alexis Lafrenière ( through 2031–32: ); Vladislav Gavrikov ( through 2031–32: ); Marcus Pettersson ( through 2030–31: ).
Expansion: none announced
Protection slots are worth something
The NHL has not approved or announced an expansion team or expansion draft. In June 2026 it gave the Friedkin family a six-month window to explore a second Texas team in Houston or Austin (about $3.5 billion for the fee and an arena). The Board of Governors met on September 22, 2026 without announcing a decision; any expansion would still need a vote of the Board. No expansion draft is announced. Reported, not official: a Houston or Austin team could be awarded before the end of 2026 and would begin play in 2029-30, which would put its expansion draft in June 2029. The league is also reported to be talking with at least two other groups about a 34th team. Checks here apply the rules to today's rosters and contracts as a planning scenario, not a forecast. The format is not announced either: one new club per draft (a club could face a draft in consecutive years) or two clubs in the same draft (a club could lose two players at once). Under the 2021 rules a club protects 7 forwards, 3 defencemen and 1 goalie (or 8 skaters and 1 goalie). Every no-movement clause in force must be protected and uses a slot, so its real cost is the player it pushes off.
If a draft is announced: ask a no-move player to waive for the draft, trade an exposed player now rather than lose them for nothing, or make a side deal with the expansion club to steer its pick.
Where the roster is thin
Needs
A position (centre, wing, defence pair or goal) counts as a need when most of its regulars are unsigned past this season, or when they produce below the league average for that position.
Centre
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
Right wing
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
See it coming
Offer-sheet exposure
This club's own RFAs for summer 2027: what their production is worth on the open market, which compensation band an aggressive offer would fall in, and whether the club could match with the room it has committed. The 2027–28 ceiling is not set; this uses the current ceiling.
Gabe Perreault
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Comparable market salary
- Offer-sheet band
- 2027–28 room (sourced)
Will Cuylle
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Comparable market salary
- Offer-sheet band
- 2027–28 room (sourced)
Tye Kartye
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Comparable market salary
- Offer-sheet band
- 2027–28 room (sourced)
Jaroslav Chmelar
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Comparable market salary
- Offer-sheet band
- 2027–28 room (sourced)
Matt Rempe
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Comparable market salary
- Offer-sheet band
- 2027–28 room (sourced)
Players other clubs might move
Trade targets
Realistic targets, not wish lists: young players stuck behind veterans, salary a cap-strapped club has to move, rentals on selling clubs, and good contracts priced by what they are worth. Young franchise-core players and anyone with a no-move or full no-trade clause are left out.
Dylan Strome (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Tomas Hertl (VGK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Tom Wilson (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Justin Robidas (CAR)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Price guide
Stephen Halliday (OTT)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Felix Unger Sorum (CAR)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- White noise
- Price guide
Logan Stankoven (CAR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Noah Ostlund (BUF)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Boone Jenner (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Arseny Gritsyuk (NJD)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Justin Hryckowian (DAL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Restricted free agents, summer 2027
Offer-sheet candidates
RFAs at clubs tight on cap. Compensation depends on the offer's AAV band and must be paid in the offering club's own picks; the Carlsson offer sheet in July 2026 showed how far a club will go to match.
Matias Maccelli (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Calum Ritchie (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- Own 2027 picks held
Maxim Shabanov (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Bobby Brink (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Trades with three or more clubs
Multi-team ideas
Chains where every club receives a player in a need lane, gives up roughly what it gets, and stays under the cap. Salary retention is used at most once per contract (the 2025 MOU bars a second retention on the same contract within 75 regular-season days) and never above 50%.
ANA → DET → STL → NYR
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → STL: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at STL: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - STL → NYR: Mason McTavish (salary, )
Gate at NYR: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - NYR → ANA: Taylor Raddysh (rental, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → CHI → NYR
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → CHI: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at CHI: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - CHI → NYR: Ryan Donato (salary, )
Gate at NYR: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - NYR → ANA: Taylor Raddysh (rental, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → CHI → NYR
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → CHI: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at CHI: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - CHI → NYR: Teuvo Teravainen (rental, )
Gate at NYR: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - NYR → ANA: Taylor Raddysh (rental, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → OTT → NYR
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → OTT: Justin Faulk (sell-high, )
Gate at OTT: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - OTT → NYR: Stephen Halliday (blocked, )
Gate at NYR: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - NYR → ANA: Taylor Raddysh (rental, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
Ideas to start from
Trade concepts
Each is priced from the player's tier and the contract's surplus over its remaining term, then cap-checked: salary in against salary out. A shape to test, not a final price.
Concept: Justin Robidas (CAR)
- Contract
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Logan Stankoven (CAR)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Noah Ostlund (BUF)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Boone Jenner (WSH)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Sell while the price is high
Sell-high candidates
Players in their prime who produce more than their cap hit suggests, with the deal ending within two seasons: the moment their trade value peaks.
Vladislav Gavrikov
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Players to build around
Young players to build around
Players under 24, judged on NHL games played and five-on-five scoring rate, their prospect ranking, and what they are producing now.
Gabe Perreault
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Noah Laba
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Liam Greentree
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
Cole Beaudoin
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
- Projected slot
Nathan Aspinall
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
Summer 2027
Free-agent targets
Pending UFAs (26 to 32, no extension signed) in this club's need lanes. The current cap hit is shown for reference, not as an estimate of the next contract.
Pavel Zacha (BOS)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- White noise
Casey Mittelstadt (BOS)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Alex DeBrincat (DET)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Kirill Marchenko (CBJ)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
League context
Where the market is going
Price of production at signing: cap hit per point of pace in the season before the deal, from the sourced contract ledger. Samples depend on how many deals are priced.
The ledger holds contracts still active in 2026-27, so one- and two-year deals signed in 2024 are missing from the 2024 column. Segments with different term mixes are therefore not comparable here; the term-matched reading is the pricing study on the integrity page.
Goalies: by raw save percentage, a goalie's season after changing teams is almost unrelated to the one before (correlation across moves, vs for goalies who stayed). Adjusted for shot quality the gap disappears ( stayed vs moved): the system changes the shots a goalie faces, so judge goalies on goals saved above expected. of established-goalie trades returned a first-round pick against for productive skaters ( goalie trades: a small sample).
Largest cap hits signed in summer 2026: Leo Carlsson (), Connor Bedard (), Cutter Gauthier (), Pavel Dorofeyev (), Alex Tuch ().
Ask the New York Rangers assistant GM
Answers use only the ideas above, the club's contracts and trades, and the CBA, and cite each one. If the facts do not support an answer, it says so.
GM horizon
Chris Drury: 5.4 years in
How long GMs have lasted since 1967, and what that implies for a GM who has served this long. A GM who expects to be gone soon has a reason to buy today; this is the base rate, not a read on him.
Win-now premium
New York Rangers: what deadline rentals cost
A rental is a pending unrestricted free agent bought between January 1 and the deadline. Its price is the pick value sent, in expected career NHL games. Part of a price can be rational: a win is worth more to a club on the playoff line. This splits the price above the league mean into what the standings on the trade date explain and what they do not.
| Date | Rental | GM | Picks sent | Price | Win value | Vs mean | Not explained |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-19 | Tyler Motte | Chris Drury | none | −62 | −62 |
| GM | Rentals (league-wide) | Mean price | Not explained: mean | 25th to 75th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Drury | 1 | Not on file (fewer than 5 rentals (1)) | ||
Win value is the rise in the club's chance of reaching the playoff line from one more win, in percentage points. Units are expected career games of the picks sent; a price in cap-share dollars needs the Worth model on rentals, which is not adopted. Not netted: the rental's quality, salary retained by the seller, and players or prospects sent. A rental's expiry is quoted from the trade's NHL.com story, or from the contract archive where the story is silent (an archive expiry can be a restricted one).
Farm-system consensus · front-office read
There is usable depth here, but the organization needs development wins rather than assuming draft pedigree will carry it.
- 01Separate near-term graduates from long-horizon bets.
- 02Find the position where opportunity is blocked or missing.
- 03Move a future only when the playoff gain survives the downside case.
Draft picks · 2027–2029
New York Rangers picks
Every round for the next three drafts: the club's own picks, picks it has acquired, and picks it has traded away, with any conditions. "Own" means the pick was checked against the club's trades since 2023; "Own, unconfirmed" means no trade is on record but that check has not been done.
Roster moves · as of 2026-10-17
New York Rangers roster moves
Waivers, claims, injured-reserve placements, assignments to the minors and signings in the last 45 days, as the club announced them (Sportradar NHL API v7, league transfers feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)). Facts, not inferences: no cause is read into an injured-reserve placement, and what each move does to the cap lives on the cap table.
Jaroslav Chmelar
Taylor Raddysh
Justin Dowling
Cole Beaudoin
Igor Shesterkin
Juuso Parssinen
Cole Beaudoin
Spencer Martin
Juuso Parssinen
Cole Beaudoin
Cole Beaudoin
Joseph Veleno
Matthew Robertson
Joonas Korpisalo
Dylan Garand
Aidan Thompson
Vincent Iorio
Vincent Iorio
Adam Sykora
Dylan Garand
Taylor Raddysh
William Trudeau
Glenn Gawdin
Marc Del Gaizo
Anton Blidh
Carey Terrance
Liam Greentree
Drew Fortescue
Jackson Dorrington
Cole Beaudoin
Nathan Aspinall
Callum Tung
Dylan Roobroeck
Brody Lamb
Jacob Battaglia
Spencer Martin
Urho Vaakanainen
Juuso Parssinen
Justin Dowling
Dennis Cholowski
Matt Rempe
Injury listings · as of 2026-10-18
New York Rangers injury listings
What the club has published (Sportradar NHL API v7, league injuries feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)): status, body area, listed-since and expected-return dates. CapOrCup infers no cause from a listing and keeps its own availability measure, games not dressed, separate.
Waiver wire · last 3 league days
Placed on waivers, league-wide
Every player any club placed on waivers in the last three league days, with what the feed shows next: claimed, cleared to the minors, or nothing yet. A claim costs no assets, only a roster spot and the whole contract, and claiming priority follows the standings.
Jacob Bernard-Docker
Aatu Raty
Alex Barre-Boulet
Fit components (description)
Who fits here: fit: not yet validated
No ranking of who fits New York Rangers is shown until the move backtest passes. What follows describes how New York Rangers plays and is coached, and the roster rules any addition must clear. The lane-based matchmaker stays on the Assistant GM.
Head coach: , in charge since 2025-10-07 (87 regular-season games on file). Assistants: Not on file.
How this staff has used players (2025-26), against what position and prior minutes predict:
Contracts counted toward the 50 limit: . Active roster for the 23-man limit: Not on file.
as of 2026-04-16
New York Rangers
trades
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
Vancouver Canucks receive
GM: Ryan Johnson
- 2030 1st-round pick
Boston Bruins receive
GM: Don Sweeney
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- 2027 2nd-round pick · now owned by NYR
- 2028 3rd-round pick · conditional · now owned by NYR
Utah Mammoth receive
GM: Bill Armstrong
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Sean Durzi
- Cole Beaudoin
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now owned by NYR
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
Boston Bruins receive
GM: Don Sweeney
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- 2026 4th-round pick ()
Seattle Kraken receive
GM: Jason Botterill
- 2026 5th-round pick ()
- 2026 5th-round pick ()
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Massimo Rizzo
- 2026 5th-round pick ()
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
Vegas Golden Knights receive
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
- 2026 1st-round pick ()
- 2026 3rd-round pick ()
- 2028 1st-round pick · now owned by VGK
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- William Trudeau
Montréal Canadiens receive
GM: Kent Hughes
Calgary Flames receive
GM: Craig Conroy
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Jacob Battaglia
Chicago Blackhawks receive
GM: Kyle Davidson
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Aidan Thompson
Buffalo Sabres receive
GM: Jarmo Kekalainen
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- 3rd-round pick
- 2026 6th-round pick
Los Angeles Kings receive
GM: Ken Holland
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Liam Greentree
Salary retained:
New York Islanders receive
GM: Mathieu Darche
- Carson Soucy
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- 2026 3rd-round pick
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- 2026 2nd-round pick
- 2026 1st-round pick · conditional
- Scott Morrow
Anaheim Ducks receive
GM: Pat Verbeek
- Chris Kreider
- 2025 4th-round pick
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Carey Terrance
- 2025 3rd-round pick
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Buffalo Sabres receive
GM: Kevyn Adams
- Erik Brannstrom
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Carson Soucy
Vancouver Canucks receive
GM: Patrik Allvin
- 2025 3rd-round pick
Vegas Golden Knights receive
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
- Reilly Smith
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Brendan Brisson
- 2025 3rd-round pick
Salary retained:
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Jimmy Vesey
- Hank Kempf
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Calvin de Haan
- Juuso Parssinen
- 4th-round pick · conditional
Salary retained:
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- J.T. Miller
- Jackson Dorrington
Vancouver Canucks receive
GM: Patrik Allvin
- Filip Chytil
- Victor Mancini
- 2025 1st-round pick
How the ledger is built
- 2024–25 onward: parsed from NHL.com's season trade pages, which list every trade. Each card links to the NHL.com announcement.
- 2019–20 to 2023–24: parsed from NHL.com trade announcements tagged to a club. Some trades are missing; those seasons are marked partial.
- "Details incomplete" means the announcement did not state one side; the original sentence is shown instead of a guess.
- Picks in 2027–2029 show their current owner from the verified pick ledger.
Statistical schedule · 2026-27 · as of 2026-10-18
New York Rangers: difficulty rank #22Range not available
Every game priced by the model with the club's rest state. Difficulty averages four league ranks (opponents , rest , travel , back-to-backs ); expected points is the model's own forecast and depends on the club as much as the schedule. League table on the schedule page.
By month: 2026-09: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-10: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-11: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-12: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-01: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-02: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-03: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-04: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back.
Game by game
games
Price is the model's chance for this club at the morning of the game with rest known; it moves when rosters are published. The spot names what the schedule did to the club that night.