New York kicks off training camp Thursday and one of their originally unsigned RFAs signed a deal Wednesday night. Brendan Lemieux inked a one-year deal worth $925K. That amount is a little more than 50K above the team's $874,125 qualifying offer, meaning that Lemieux's salary will be the same as the ELC for Kappo Kakko etc. Lemieuc will have arb rights next year and with a good year, could double his salary for the 2020-21 season. Tony DeAngelo remains the team's only unsigned RFA.
1 x $925 000 Brendan Lemieux @NYRangers https://t.co/plUp3kKcwo
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) September 12, 2019
Cap implications of the signing, the below already includes burying Matt Beleskey in the minors, meaning 825k in dead cap space:
After signing Lemieux for 1 yr $925K, the #NYRangers have $235K Cap Space with full 23 (15F/6D/2G) players on Projected Roster.
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) September 12, 2019
RFA: DeAngelohttps://t.co/00zTCjeiZO
Cap total is for 15 forwards, including Greg McKegg and Boo Nieves for a total of $1.45 mil, six defenseman, including Adam Fox and Libor Hajek. Ryan Lindgren who makes $92K more than Hajek, could be an option to break camp. Yegor Rykov might have been an option, but he was hurt in Traverse City, isn't on the Rangers' training camp roster and the rumor is he may be out several weeks, and two goalies. If DeAngelo signs for what Lemieux is receiving or even slightly higher, New York should have sufficient cap room, presuming McKegg and Nieves are both sent to the minors.
Published team using Armchair GM on Cap Friendly. Includes Beleskey buried, Nieves in minors, Brendan Smith on D, Fox making the team and Hajek as the 7th d-man. New York would have just under a mil in remaining cap room, which isn't optimal.
3
Training camp info:
OFFICIAL: #NYR announce training camp roster, schedule and groupings for Saturday & Sunday.
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) September 11, 2019
Full details ⬇ï¸
Tweet on practice and rosters, full list of each below:
The @NYRangers have announced their preseason roster.
— Vince Z. Mercogliano (@vzmercogliano) September 11, 2019
Players report for physicals tomorrow and team president John Davidson will address the media at 2:30. On-ice testing for the players will be Friday and first practice is Saturday. #NYR pic.twitter.com/ndxG8u1Ik4
PRACTICE TEAMS FOR SATURDAY, SEPT. 14 AND SUNDAY, SEPT. 15
TEAM A10 Artemi Panarin 16 Ryan Strome 18 Marc Staal 28 Phillip Di Giuseppe 30 Henrik Lundqvist 32 Adam Huska 37 Gabriel Fontaine 41 Nico Gross 43 Libor Hajek 46 Brandon Crawley 50 Lias Andersson 54 Mason Geertsen 63 Jake Elmer 77 Tony DeAngelo 89 Pavel Buchnevich 90 Vladislav Namestnikov 92 Dawson Leedahl 93 Mika Zibanejad
TEAM B
8 Jacob Trouba 20 Chris Kreider 25 Tim Gettinger 29 Steven Fogarty 34 Patrick Newell 40 Alexandar Georgiev 45 Kaapo Kakko 55 Ryan Lindgren 60 Tom McCollum 64 Vincent LoVerde 65 Danny O’Regan 72 Filip Chytil 76 Brady Skjei 78 Ryan Gropp 81 Ville Meskanen 82 Joey Keane 95 Vinni Lettieri 97 Matthew Robertson
TEAM C
14 Greg McKegg 15 Boo Nieves 17 Jesper Fast 21 Brett Howden 23 Adam Fox 31 Igor Shesterkin 33 Connor Brickley 38 Micheal Haley 42 Brendan Smith 48 Brendan Lemieux 51 Tarmo Reunanen 52 Darren Raddysh 53 Hunter Skinner 59 Ty Ronning 70 Joe Morrow 71 Nick Jones 74 Vitali Kravtsov 80 Francois Brassard
Joe Morrow and Michael Haley received PTOs. Team A, Zib and Panarin as a duo? Team B, we may get to see Chytil and Kakko play together. Team C appears to have received received the short-end of the talent stick for camp.
2019 Rangers Training Camp Schedule
DATE EVENT TIME
Thu., September 12
Team Physicals All Day
John Davidson Availability 2:30 p.m.
Fri., September 13
On-Ice Testing All Day – begins at 11:00 a.m.
David Quinn Availability Following on-ice testing
Sat., September 14
Team A Practice on ice at 10:00 a.m.
Team B Practice on ice at 11:45 a.m.
Team C Practice on ice at 1:30 p.m.
Sun., September 15
Team B Practice on ice at 10:00 a.m.
Team C Practice on ice at 11:45 a.m.
Team A Practice on ice at 1:30 p.m.