The Rangers have signed defensemen Connor Mackey and Nikolas Brouillard to one-year deals.
Both are two-way deals. (Staple)
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Mackey, 26, played in 30 games last season with Calgary and Arizona and had three goals, four assists, 61 hits, 29 blocked shots, and an average of 14:03 per game.
He played more games with Arizona last year (20) than he had in the prior three years with Calgary (19).
In 80 career AHL games, Mackey had 8 goals and 44 assists with Calgary’s AHL team between 2020 and 2022.
He is a left-shot defenseman. Mackey is 6-2, 195lbs.
Brouillard, 28, has not played in the NHL in his career. He played five years in the QMJHL, one game in the AHL and 39 in the AHL in 2016-17 and then three years at McGill University and then three years with San Diego in the AHL.
He is 5-11, 168 and had 39 points in back-to-back AHL seasons with San Diego.
He is a left-shot defenseman.
Adam Rotter: These are moves to add depth on defense and/or possibly battle Ben Harpur and Zac Jones for the spot on the third pair next to Braden Schneider. Mackey has nice size and Brouillard is a really interesting story. He’s smallish and has never played in the AHL, but he’s put up points in the AHL and could be a very interesting, late-bloomer candidate.