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New York Rangers: Looking at the Wolf Pack’s most recent signings

By John Williams

BOSTON, MA - JANUARY 14: Northeastern Huskies forward Zach Aston-Reese (12) attempts poke checks University of New Hampshire Wildcats forward Jason Salvaggio (10) during the first period of the game between the University of New Hampshire Wildcats and the Northeastern Huskies on January 14, 2017 at Fenway Park in Boston, MA. (Photo by John Kavouris/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - JANUARY 14: Northeastern Huskies forward Zach Aston-Reese (12) attempts poke checks University of New Hampshire Wildcats forward Jason Salvaggio (10) during the first period of the game between the University of New Hampshire Wildcats and the Northeastern Huskies on January 14, 2017 at Fenway Park in Boston, MA. (Photo by John Kavouris/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 29: New York Rangers Left Wing Drew Melanson (63) skates during New York Rangers Prospect Development Camp on June 29, 2018 at the MSG Training Center in New York, NY. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 29: New York Rangers Left Wing Drew Melanson (63) skates during New York Rangers Prospect Development Camp on June 29, 2018 at the MSG Training Center in New York, NY. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Drew Melanson

Unlike Butler who is just a top-six guy for an AHL team and nothing else, Melanson is kind of an interesting prospect. The Wolf Pack scooped him up out of college last season and gave him an amateur tryout.

Melanson, a left wing from Paramus, New Jersey, played his first three years of college hockey with R.P.I. before transferring to David Quinn-coached Boston University for his senior season.

Melanson notched six goals and 13 assists in 40 games with the Terriers in 2017-18 before graduating and joining the Pack. The 23-year-old, like Butler, is technically not property of the Rangers but if the team likes him enough in training camp, they could buy him out of his AHL contract and sign him to a two-way contract with different salaries for the NHL and AHL.

That scenario is extremely unlikely, though.

Melanson will fight to stay on the Wolf Pack and not be sent down to the Maine Mariners at the start of Hartford’s camp. The Rangers will closely monitor him throughout the season.

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