The Rangers have signed pending RFA Zac Jones to a two-year extension.
He will have a cap hit of $812,500. (Puck Pedia)
Jones had one goal and two assists in 16 games for the Rangers last season but did not play in the NHL after November 30th.
In the AHL he had 8 goals and 23 assists in 54 regular season games and two goals and four assists in nine playoff games.
5:57 PM: Gerard Gallant spoke after practice and said some of (NYR):
The Rangers have announced that Zac Jones has been sent to Hartford.
The Rangers now have 25 players left in camp and eight defenseman.
4/13/21 | The Rangers have confirmed that they have signed Jones to his entry-level contract.
David Quinn said on Tuesday, “He just got here today, he skated this morning. Obviously there is a familiarity with him from my end of it, as we talked about yesterday, this is a guy we’ve thought an awful lot of the minute we drafted him. He went on to have a great college career and we will see how it goes while he’s here. It’s day by day, see how he adapts, see how he adjusts, I know there is not a lot of practice time, so it’s going to be hard to evaluate him in a lot of ways at the pro level, but we are going to do the best we can and if we feel that he gives an indication that he can help us, he’ll play.”
Quinn also said that since Jones drove from UMass he doesn’t need to quarantine and that he was tested as well.
4/12/21 | 1:07 PM: The Rangers are close to signing 2019 third-round pick Zac Jones after Jones won the NCAA Championship as a sophomore with UMass. (Seravalli)