12 Potential Replacements for Peter Laviolette After Rangers Fired Head Coach

12 Potential Replacements for Peter Laviolette After Rangers Fired Head Coach

For the fourth time in six years, the New York Rangers find themselves at the beginning of a search for a new head coach. It's a sign of greater organizational instability and alienation from anything resembling an identity, but let's leave that for another day.

Rangers walking NHL free agency tightrope as they eye Vladislav Gavrikov

What is known entering NHL free agency is that the Rangers are in a tough spot to make the changes Chris Drury wants.

Taylor Raddysh signs two-year, $3 million contract with New York Rangers after one season with Capitals

Another part of the Washington Capitals’ bottom-six forward group from last season has found a new team. Taylor Raddysh signed a two-year, $3 million contract with the New York Rangers late on the first day of NHL free agency, per PuckPedia. Raddysh became an unrestricted free agent after playing out the one-year, $1 million deal he signed with the Capitals last summer. Raddysh is the third Caps player from this past year to move on in free agen…

New York Rangers Move And Shake To Avoid Another Season Of Disappointment

The New York Rangers are coming off one of their most disappointing seasons in recent memory by being movers and shakers on the first day of NHL free agency.

Fantasy Take: Rangers Land Gavrikov For Seven Years

One of the worst-kept secrets heading into free agency was that the New York Rangers seemed to be the front-runners to land (now-former) Los Angeles Kings defenceman Vladislav Gavrikov. According to Pierre LeBrun, they did exactly that and terms are a seven-year deal with a $7M AAV. This gives the Rangers a stalwart defensive defenceman on the left side, though he did play on the right side a lot with the Kings so there's flexibility to his game…

Rangers sign top-pairing defenseman to $49 million contract

The New York Rangers addressed a serious need at left-handed defense. According to NHL Insider Pierre LeBrun, the Rangers have agreed to a seven-year, $49 million contract with Vladislav Gavrikov. Gavrikov, 30 in November, spent three-and-a-half seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets (2019-23) before playing on the Los Angeles Kings (2023-25). He is not going to provide much offense (just 29 goals and 135 points through 435 career games), but th…