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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
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Flyers re-sign Tyson Foerster to a 2-year, $7.5 million contract
Canada's Tyson Foerster, right, challenges Denmark goalkeeper Frederik Dichow during the IIHF 2025 World Championship quarterfinal match between Denmark and Canada in Herning, Denmark, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Canada's Tyson Foerster, right, celebrates with Ryker Evans after scoring a goal during a Group A match between Canada and Slovakia at the hockey world championships, Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) FILE - New York Rangers' Braden Schneider (4) reacts as Philadelphia Flyers' Tyson Foerster (71) celebrates after scoring a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) FILE - New York Rangers' Braden Schneider (4) reacts as Philadelphia Flyers' Tyson Foerster (71) celebrates after scoring a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) Canada's Tyson Foerster, right, challenges Denmark goalkeeper Frederik Dichow during the IIHF 2025 World Championship quarterfinal match between Denmark and Canada in Herning, Denmark, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Canada's Tyson Foerster, right, celebrates with Ryker Evans after scoring a goal during a Group A match between Canada and Slovakia at the hockey world championships, Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) FILE - New York Rangers' Braden Schneider (4) reacts as Philadelphia Flyers' Tyson Foerster (71) celebrates after scoring a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers have signed forward Tyson Foerster to a two-year contract worth $7.5 million. General manager Daniel Briere announced the extension Thursday. Foerster will count $3.75 million annually against the salary cap in the 2025-26 and 2026-27 NHL seasons. Advertisement Foerster, 23, set career highs with 25 goals, 18 assists and 43 points this past season. He was set to be a restricted free agent July 1 and will be again after this deal expires. The Flyers' first-round pick in the 2020 draft at No. 23 overall, Foerster has 83 points in 166 career games in the league, all with Philadelphia. This spring, he represented Canada at the world hockey championships. ___ AP NHL:
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Sport
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The Rangers Must Act Quickly With Will Cuylle's Contract Extension
Signing Will Cuylle to a long-term contract extension should be the New York Rangers' number one priority this offseason. The 23-year-old forward is set to become a restricted free agent and the Rangers have to take action quickly. Will Cuylle Has 'Lots Of Trust' That Mike Sullivan Is The Right Hire For Rangers The New York Rangers are ready to embark on a new era with Mike Sullivan as head coach. Cuylle took a big jump during his second NHL season as he not only increased his offensive numbers, but transformed into a complete and reliable two-way forward. In his third NHL season, Cuylle should only take another big leap in his development and his promise is starting to be recognized around the NHL. He's currently playing for Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF World Championship with a multitude of star talent including Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon. The fact that Cuylle is part of this talented team shows how he is viewed among NHL managers and coaches. If the Rangers take their time to sign Cuylle, there's a chance he could receive an offer sheet from another team and the trend of giving out offer sheets has become more common. The term is also an important part of a contract extension for Cuylle. At this point, Cuylle has not fully emerged into a star, so signing him to a team-friendly extension for 5-8 years is something that must be explored. Over time, Cuylle will grow into his contract and years down the road we could be looking at this potential deal as a sneaky steal if the Rangers play their cards correctly. The ball is in Drury's court, so we'll see what he can get done.
New York Times
01-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Longtime New York Rangers analyst Joe Micheletti retiring from broadcast booth
First, Sam Rosen retired from the New York Rangers' broadcast booth. Now, longtime Rangers analyst Joe Micheletti is doing the same. After nearly two decades in MSG Networks' Rangers booth, Micheletti, 70, decided to call it a career, the network announced. Kenny Albert, the Rangers' longtime radio voice and TNT's Stanley Cup play-by-play announcer, has already been promoted to replace Rosen. Albert's radio partner, Dave Maloney, figures to be a top candidate to succeed Micheletti. Advertisement Besides the Rangers, Micheletti called five Winter Olympics, 25 Stanley Cups and 15 NHL All-Star games. After winning two national titles at the University of Minnesota, Micheletti played three seasons in the NHL. He broke into broadcasting in 1985 as a radio analyst for the St. Louis Blues. Rosen, 77, retired after four decades with the Rangers. (Photo of Micheletti, right, next to Sam Rosen and John Davidson: Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)
New York Times
26-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Rangers reader survey: GM Chris Drury is losing the faith of the fan base
The New York Rangers' disastrous season took a toll on everyone. That includes fans, who booed the New York players off the ice multiple times. We put together a survey to give you all a chance to share your feelings about the season, including the good, the bad and what you want to see next. We had more than 1,500 responses, plus explanations for votes in the comment section. Here are the results. It's safe to say Chris Drury's fan approval rating dipped after a disastrous 2024-25. The most frequent answer was a C, and just under 45 percent said D or F. Only seven total responses out of 1,504 gave Drury an A. Drury had the much-discussed trade memo in November, in which he mentioned then-captain Jacob Trouba and longest-tenured Ranger Chris Kreider by name. He proceeded to trade roster players Trouba, Kaapo Kakko, Filip Chytil, Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey from there. The team was a seller at the deadline — that's when it moved Lindgren, Vesey and Smith — so it recouped some draft capital, and Drury also acquired J.T. Miller, Will Borgen, Carson Soucy and Urho Vaakanainen. All of them are set to play plenty in 2025-26. Advertisement 'Drury should be fired because of what he did between the end of the playoffs last season to this season's deadline,' Ty M. commented. 'Not excusing the ultra-sensitive players, but Drury's actions with the memo to the 31 clubs, along with the Kakko trade, are more than enough to require him being sacked.' 'I think Drury was shrewd and made decent moves with what he was given and also was able to get out of bad decisions he made,' Matthew R. commented. 'But this revolving door of coaches I think is the problem. The players are essentially given a pass every two years if they don't like the style the coach is telling them to play. That's gotta stop. Throw confidence behind a coach.' Drury fired Peter Laviolette in his first offseason move, and multiple people commented that it was hard to grade the coach's tenure. They would have given him a high grade in 2023-24, when the team won the Presidents' Trophy and made the Eastern Conference final, then a low grade this year. 'It's a year where everything went right, to a year where things didn't go right,' Laviolette said himself after the team was eliminated. 'I had to average (the grade) out and go with something in between, but I feel that didn't accurately depict the drop off from last year to this,' commenter A C. said. Given comments in that vein, most fans giving him a C made sense. 'His preferred play style is generally good, but this team proved itself incapable of working with it,' Nick P. commented. 'Laviolette refused to adjust anything and couldn't stop or even slow the December freefall or the slump towards elimination at the end. Probably the thing that angered fans the most was continuing to heavily rely on the veterans responsible for the decline in the first place, instead of the young players who were the only bright spot this year.' Mike Sullivan, who has won two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, was the most common response here. Asked after the season about his plans with the Penguins beyond this season, though, Sullivan said, 'My intentions are to be the head coach moving forward.' He's under contract through 2027, so something would have to change if the Rangers are going to have a chance to pounce. They seemingly would love the chance. Advertisement David Carle from the University of Denver finished second in this poll. Drury said the Rangers planned to approach the coaching search with eyes wide open, but Carle would be a break from the team's normal hiring practices. As colleague Arthur Staple pointed out, in James Dolan's 26 years owning the club, he's hired only two coaches with no NHL head coaching experience. Sullivan and Carle were the only two names that received more than 10 percent of votes. The comment section allowed fans to suggest other names. Posters mentioned Tampa Bay Lightning assistant Jeff Halpern and Hershey Bears head coach Todd Nelson. 'Plucking someone from one of the most successful staffs in recent memory would be far more preferable (to) another straight from NCAA (David Quinn) or another retread (Gerard Gallant/Laviolette),' Anthony S. said. Alexis Lafrenière led the way on this question. The 2020 No. 1 overall pick looked like he'd had a breakthrough in 2023-24, scoring 28 goals and 57 points, almost all at even strength. He then had eight goals and 14 points in 16 playoff games. The Rangers saw enough to sign him to a seven-year, $7.45 million average annual value contract extension during the season. But then Lafrenière's production dipped mightily. He had 45 points, only 17 of which were goals. 'I had a good start and then struggled to be consistent in my game and didn't really make a difference,' Lafrenière said. 'I'm obviously disappointed in my year. We can have a long summer, we can work on a lot of stuff and come back next year and have a big year.' Mika Zibanejad and Kreider each received more than 20 percent of the vote, as well. Zibanejad had 10 fewer points than 2023-24 and particularly struggled the first few months of the season. Kreider struggled with injury and illness and played 14 fewer games than last season. He had a 45-point dip and had only eight assists on the season. Will Cuylle was the most common answer by a landslide. He was a respectable bottom-six player as a rookie in 2023-24, then took another leap in 2024-25, scoring 20 goals and 45 points. His willingness to lean into the physical side of the game has quickly endeared him to the fanbase. Plus, he's only 23, so there's reason to believe he could keep improving. Drury named Kreider in the November memo, so the general manager clearly would consider a trade. The longest-tenured Rangers' future is very much up in the air after a disappointing season, but most fans appear hesitant to trade him. More than 68 percent either don't want to trade him at all or only want to trade him if the Rangers can get a decent return. That might be difficult given Kreider's partial no-trade clause (15-team no-trade list), cap hit ($6.5 million for the next two seasons) and how this past season went. Kreider, who might need surgery for a hand injury, said on break-up day that he views New York as his home. Entering the offseason, he said he is focused only on what he can control: getting as healthy as possible for 2025-26. Let's revisit the complete trade. Drury landed Miller (as well as Jackson Dorrington and Erik Brännström) for a first-round pick, Filip Chytil and Victor Mancini. The Rangers are counting on the 32-year-old Miller being an effective top-line center for the coming years. Most people feel generally positive about the move, with more than half of voters giving it a B. Matthew R. mentioned in the comments how he liked Miller's impact on Zibanejad. Advertisement Miller had an eventful season. In Vancouver, he took a midseason leave of absence, and his rift with teammate Elias Pettersson became public. In 72 games between Vancouver and New York, the veteran finished with 22 goals and 70 points. He produced at an 89.68-point pace after coming to New York. 'In a vacuum, it was a good trade, but we're not in a vacuum,' wrote Zach V., who commented that he gave the move a C. 'The Rangers are old, slow, expensive, and lack leadership. Drury decided the answer to this was to trade a first-round pick in a non-playoff year for a 32-year-old who quit on his prior team because he didn't like his teammate. Miller is still talented but players typically don't get better as they age and he's been known to have attitude problems.' Most fans want the Rangers to keep K'Andre Miller, but not so many are ready to give him a long-term contract. Miller did not comment on his negotiations as an RFA at exit interviews, but said he loves New York and being a Ranger. Laviolette paired him with Borgen much of the second half of the season. If the Rangers were to trade Miller, which more than 30 percent of readers want them to do, they would need someone who can play nearly 22 minutes per night in a top-four role. At 25, Miller still likely has more untapped potential. He already has a 43-point season (2022-23) in his career. Igor Shesterkin, Lafrenière and Borgen all have extensions that will kick in after this season, which means the Rangers won't have a ton of cap flexibility. A large chunk of those responding to this survey want New York to prioritize a top-pair defenseman to play with Adam Fox. New York might have a difficult time doing that given the cost of top-pair defensemen and the team's limited cap space. K'Andre Miller is an internal candidate. Dolan backed Drury with the recent multi-year contract extension. The owner does not appear to be the most popular among the fanbase, with more than 70 percent answering this question with either a one or a two. 'Dolan is to blame,' one commenter wrote. Back in July, more than 80 percent of you answered this question with at least a three, with 43.7 percent answering with a four or five. Now, nearly 70 percent of you answered one or two. That's telling about how a dysfunctional season like 2024-25 can change public perception. Some folks commented that they wanted an 'all of the above' answer, but more than half of the responses blamed the season most on management. 'The entire Ranger organization got overconfident after 2023-24 success,' Richard B. commented. 'Drury then made bad personnel decisions. Lavy's and his coaches' strategies became highly predictable, and the players got comfy instead of hungry for the Stanley Cup. Plenty of blame to go around. The question is whether Drury can change the culture and increase the hunger. I'm not convinced he can.' Advertisement 'Failure was coaching not getting a solid defensive game plan together,' Kyle W. wrote. 'It all starts with good defense. Their inability to play solid D and get the puck out of their zone with purpose is the root of all of their issues. Scheme did not align with the skillset.' 'Whether you blame the GM, the coach, or the players for this, you're right,' Jim S. said. 'But ultimately, this whole mess started when the GM threw a grenade in the locker room. How everyone handled what came after was almost as bad.' 'I went 'Management,' as the lack of any meaningful offseason moves, knowing where the team needed improvement, was inexcusable,' Adam G. wrote. 'Looking at the Caps offseason compared to ours is nauseating.'
New York Times
19-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Chris Drury on firing Peter Laviolette, his own job security and a ‘wide open' coaching search
Less than an hour after firing Peter Laviolette, New York Rangers' president and general manager Chris Drury acknowledged there was blame to spread around, meeting with reporters Saturday and saying, 'Everyone here — players, management, staff — needs to take ownership of the season.' 'Leading into the season, given the success we had the last few years, we had high expectations,' Drury said on a Zoom call. 'Quite simply, we fell short across the board. Nobody here takes it lightly. We know our fans are frustrated and they deserve a better season than this. That starts with me.' Advertisement Laviolette, the seventh-winningest coach in NHL history, finished his Rangers' tenure with a 94-59-11 record, and Drury said he expects he will someday be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Rangers won the Presidents' Trophy in 2023-24, then failed to make the playoffs this season. Drury also fired associate coach Phil Housley. Assistants Dan Muse and Michael Peca will have the chance to interview for the next staff, according to a league source. Drury said the team will have 'direct, honest conversations' with players during Monday's exit meetings. Asked if owner James Dolan has given him assurance that his job is safe, Drury declined to comment. 'I'm not going to get into personal, private conversations I have with Mr. D,' he said. 'I can tell you my focus is doing what I think is right to make this organization better. We're obviously all frustrated and disappointed with how things ended and not being in the playoffs. My focus is on doing everything I can to make sure we're a playoff team next year.' Drury mentioned multiple times in his news conference that he wants to be a playoff team next season. 'It starts with evaluating what went on in the season: what moves worked, what players worked, what players didn't,' Drury said. 'That's an ongoing thing throughout the season. … With the extra time of not being in the playoffs, we're going to continue to look up and down the roster, up and down the organization to see what we need to do to be back where we want to be next year.' Drury said he would not go through what he saw issue by issue. 'We all tried different things throughout the year and looked at different things and ways to spark the team and ways to get us more points, and it just didn't come together.' Drury did not rule out hiring a first-time head coach, saying his eyes 'are wide open' to different types of candidates. Hiring first-year coaches is typically not how Dolan handles coaching searches. Only two of the Rangers' coaches Dolan has hired in his 26 years running Madison Square Garden have had no previous head coaching experience. Advertisement Multiple players, including Calvin de Haan, Zac Jones and Kaapo Kakko, publicly expressed frustration with healthy scratches this season, but Drury said Laviolette communicated with players on where they stood. 'Communication is a priority,' Drury said. 'Being a former player myself, I always liked to know where I stood. We always tried to do that with players every single day.' Asked about The Athletic's report Thursday that Artemi Panarin and MSG paid financial settlements to a Rangers employee last year after she alleged that Panarin sexually assaulted her, Drury declined comment. He pointed to the MSG statement, which said: 'The matter has been resolved.'
