2025-2026 Record: 34-39-9 (8th in Metro, 30th in NHL)
Last Poll’s Results: 4.16
Top stories last week:
- In this week’s Patreon post (subscribe here!), Dave gave his thoughts on the Rangers offseason so far.
- Live From the Blue Seats recorded twice this week. First we talked the 2026 NHL Draft and Pavel Dorofeyev trade, then we talked free agency and the wild trades from Chris Drury.
- Will gave us a very detailed look at all the Rangers 2026 draftees.
- Alberts Smits might be the most critical Rangers prospect in some time.
- There were a few rumors and targets during the week between the draft and free agency:
- The Rangers were linked to Ville Heinola
- The Rangers made a substantial offer for Alexander Nikishin
- There were several teams in on Will Borgen before his eventual trade.
- Heading into free agency, there were clear needs on defense and a need to trade Vincent Trocheck.
- The Rangers made many moves during free agency, showing they want to win very soon.
- The Rangers traded for Joonas Korpisalo from Boston.
- Joe Veleno signed for 1 year at $1.2 million.
- The Rangers traded Vincent Trocheck to Utah.
- Oliver Bjorkstrand signed for 1 year, $4.5 million.
- The Rangers traded for defenseman Marcus Pettersson.
- The Rangers traded Will Borgen to Boston.
- The Rangers made a few AHL signings (Dennis Cholowski, Marc Del Gaizo).
- And finally, a shocker as James Dolan stepped down from day to day activities of the Rangers, ceding control to his son Quentin.
Please take a second to answer the NY Rangers Fan Confidence Poll below and give us an idea of how confident you are in the Rangers, their direction, coaching, management, prospects, and overall quality on the ice. You can click the tag “Fan Confidence Poll” to view historical polls.
Given the current roster construction, farm system, management, coaching, etc., how confident are you in the Rangers' overall future?
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