The Ranger claimed 24-year old winger Tye Kartye off of waivers from Seattle.
He has three goals and five assists in 40 games for the Kraken this season and 20 goals and 21 assists in 180 career games.
Kartye is signed through next season at $1.25 million per season.
He has 98 hits in 40 games this season and averaging 10:42 per game. He has 502 career hits in his 180 games.
As a corresponding move, Brennan Othmann was sent back to Hartford.
He has one goal this season and been averaging 9:53 per game.
Adam Rotter: The Rangers have a bunch of similar, bottom-six but more likely fourth line forwards. He’s a more established and possibly more trustworthy player for Mike Sullivan and if he takes Taylor Raddysh out of the lineup, fine. If he takes Conor Sheary out, fine. But is he worth playing over Brett Berard or Brennan Othmann? Both of them have had opportunities this season and have not taken them but it’s also very possible those guys are called up in the next few days anyway because the Rangers are starting to trade more forwards. There is really no harm in picking up Kartye. He’s signed for next season but he can always be waived if he doesn’t establish himself. It’s low risk, it’s just whether it was really necessary and Chris Drury obviously thought so.
With Othmann, he’s clearly not earning Mike Sullivan’s trust and has yet to find any consistency in the NHL. His value is so low that it still seems like the best course of action is to keep him and keep trying or retain his rights and use him as a low level asset in some other bigger trade.