Jacob Trouba and Chris Kreider were on The Michael Kay Show earlier today and said:
The Rangers have signed defenseman Matt Bartkowski to a PTO. (Cap Friendly)
Bartkowski, 34, is a left-shot defenseman and has 256 games of NHL experience.
He played last season with the Penguins AHL team.
He last played in the NHL in 2020-21 when he played one game for Minnesota. He hasn’t played more than 25 games in an NHL season since 2015-16 when he was with Vancouver.
Arthur Staple tweets that it “doesn’t appear” as if the Rangers will be inviting a veteran defenseman to training camp on a PTO.
The Rangers have not officially replaced the spot on the left side of the third pair that was held at times last season between Patrik Nemeth (traded) and Justin Braun (re-signed in Philly).
The Senators have signed Tyler Motte to a one-year deal worth $1.35 million.
The Rangers signed Ryan Carpenter to a one-year deal worth $750,000, Swedish free agent center Gustav Rydahl to a one-year deal at $750,000 and invited Jimmy Vesey to training camp on a PTO.
The Rangers begin their rookie camp this Wednesday.
The camp runs from 9/14 to 9/20 and includes two games against the Flyers on 9/16 and 9/17.
The roster for rookie camp includes:
The Rangers have announced that Henrik Lundqvist is joining MSG Sports and MSG Entertainment “in a unique new role that helps support business operations for each company.”
They describe his role by saying, “in this position, Lundqvist will be involved in numerous areas including representing MSG Sports and MSG Entertainment in a variety of partner and sponsorship endeavors, assisting with content development for digital platforms across both companies, growing and strengthening the connection with Rangers alumni, as well as lending his support with the Garden of Dreams Foundation.”