With the New York Rangers officially announcing the hiring of David Quinn on Wednesday, the team must now look to their roster. What former Quinn players could the team look to sign this offseason?
The New York Rangers roster is somewhat of a blank canvas entering the offseason. With the salary cap moving up from $75 million to $80 million for the 2018-19 season, the Rangers will have nearly $30 million in open cap space to work with, which is the third most in the league. With that money, the Rangers have 16 open contract slots to use.
New head coach David Quinn has seen a lot of different hockey players over his 19 years of coaching. Although he has spent 16 of those seasons in the NCAA, he has still coached a fair amount of players that ended up spending some time in the NHL.
Familiarity can be an important thing for a first time NHL head coach to have in a new situation. Although their aren’t many former Quinn-coached players hitting free agency this summer, there are a few interesting names who could get a chance to crack the roster out of camp. Here’s four that the team could consider bringing in.