Rangers trim roster to 27, have four more cuts to make
The Rangers reduced their training camp roster to 27 on Sunday, leaving them with four more cuts to make to get to the 23-man roster by opening night Oct. 13.
The Rangers assigned five players – defensemen Matthew Robertson and Braden Schneider, forward Lauri Pajuniemi and goaltenders Tyler Wall and Adam Huska – to AHL Hartford, and sent forward Will Cuylle back to his junior team, Windsor of the OHL.
In addition, rugged forward Mason Geertsen was claimed off waivers by the Devils, and the Rangers placed forward Greg McKegg on waivers Sunday. If he clears waivers Monday, he could then be assigned to Hartford.
The moves leave the Rangers with nine defensemen still on the roster. Jarred Tinordi, Libor Hajek, Nils Lundkvist and Zac Jones are battling for the sixth and seventh spots. Sixteen forwards, including McKegg, remain in camp. Presuming the Rangers keep seven defensemen and 14 forwards, and presuming McKegg goes to Hartford, then Julien Gauthier, Morgan Barron and Dryden Hunt are likely battling for the final two forward spots.
The team is off Sunday and will practice Monday and Tuesday in Rhode Island before playing their next preseason game Wednesday at Madison Square Garden against the Devils.
Colin Stephenson covers the Rangers for Newsday. He has spent more than two decades covering the NHL and just about every sports team in the New York metropolitan area.
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