New York Rangers: A definitive ranking of the restricted free agents

The New York Rangers have a lot of decisions to make this offseason with seven of the active players on their roster this past season entering into restricted free agency.

Some of the New York Rangers’ upcoming restricted free agents have established themselves as key players to the identity of the roster. Others came to the team this season, either via trade or were promoted from Hartford and made an impact.

With so many options, the Rangers have important decisions to make during the offseason as they work to start to build a new identity on their roster. It is vital for management to establish an approach that will put them in a position where they know what they need on the day of the draft. This means that right now, they will have to determine which assets will be most important to the future as they move forward.

With head coach Alain Vigneault getting the axe, Jeff Gorton probably has an idea of what this future looks like. In his comments to the media in his presser on April 9, however, it seems he is far from finished.

With this in mind, it will be interesting to see what players Gorton decides are most important, and moreso, what options he can consider as he looks to move assets.

Here is our analysis of the active players on the roster and which we think are most important to hang on to.