brett howden

The Rangers have come out of Tropical Storm Elsa and created a storm of their own, re-signing center Brett Howden to a one year contract. Per CapFriendly, the contract is at $885,000.

Re-signing Howden shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, as until proven otherwise, he’s the Rangers’ 4C. He’s not a very good one, and he’s one of the worst statistical players in the league, but he’s still the 4C.

What this does do, though, is open up options. The Rangers need to expose two forwards under contract. Before that would have been Colin Blackwell and Kevin Rooney. Now Howden gets added to the mix, and it’s just two of the three. It opens up other protection and trade scenarios before the expansion draft.

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