The New York Rangers announced their first round of cuts on Sunday afternoon, trimming their training camp roster from 63 to 48.
Kalle Vaisanen is among the first round of cuts by the Rangers.
Maxim Barbashev, Carter Berger, Brett Budgell, Jonny Evans, Blake Hillman, Blade Jenkins, Case McCarthy, Blake McLaughlin, Jake Murray, Chase Pauls, and Ryan Siedem all were assigned to the training camp of the Hartford Wolf Pack, the Rangers’ affiliate in the American Hockey League.
Nathan Aspinall, Raoul Boilard, and Noah Van Vliet each will report to his respective junior team. Also, Kalle Vaisanen has returned to his team in Europe.
The roster cuts don’t come as much of a surprise, as the Rangers began their preseason schedule Sunday night against the Boston Bruins, a 3-2 win, and opening night less than three weeks away.
Players like Vaisanen and McCarthy impressed in the rookie games in Philadelphia, but were still in the first round of cuts, since they did not have any chance of making the varsity. Other first-year pros like Bryce McConnell-Barker and Jaroslav Chmelar remain at Rangers camp. This should be a boost of confidence for the younger players who made the first cut — and something to keep an eye on leading up to the next round of cuts.
48 players remain at Rangers training camp
Forwards (28): Alex Belzile, Brett Berard, Anton Blidh, Jonny Brodzinski, Sam Carrick, Jaroslav Chmelar, Filip Chytil, Will Cuylle, Adam Edstrom, Bo Groulx, Kaapo Kakko, Ryder Korczak, Chris Kreider, Alexis Lafreniere, Jake Leschyshyn, Bryce McConnell-Barker, Riley Nash, Brennan Othmann, Artemi Panarin, Matt Rempe, Dylan Roobroeck, Reilly Smith, Nate Sucese, Adam Sykora, Vincent Trocheck, Jimmy Vesey, Mika Zibanejad
Defensemen (14): Madison Bowey, Casey Fitzgerald, Adam Fox, Ben Harpur, Zac Jones, Ryan Lindgren, Connor Mackey, Victor Mancini, K’Andre Miller, Matthew Robertson, Chad Ruhwedel, Brandon Scanlin, Braden Schneider, Jacob Trouba
Goaltenders (6): Talyn Boyko, Louis Domingue, Dylan Garand, Hugo Ollas, Jonathan Quick, Igor Shesterkin
