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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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PHILADELPHIA, PA – APRIL 07: Steven Fogarty #38 of the New York Rangers skates in his first NHL game against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center on April 7, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA – APRIL 07: Steven Fogarty #38 of the New York Rangers skates in his first NHL game against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center on April 7, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Steven Fogarty

Fogarty was one of the restricted free agents that the Rangers decided to tender a contract offer to. Fogarty’s new contract is a one-way deal, meaning he earns the same salary whether he’s in New York or in Hartford.

This is good because he has a very real chance at making the big club out of camp.

Fogarty, the team’s third round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, played in his first NHL game on April 7 against the Flyers this past season. He had 12:16 of ice time in the game as he and his team went scoreless in a 5-0 defeat.

In his second full season with Hartford, the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania native totaled a modest 20 points (nine goals and 11 assists). He projects to be, at best, a bottom line winger at the NHL level.

He’s always played a very strong defensive game but the offense has never developed the way the team had hoped it would.

At the end of the day though, if a third round pick makes the NHL, it is a success story. That’s what Fogarty did last year and he will try to make it back there out of camp. He will have every opportunity to compete with a guy like Boo Nieves for the big club’s fourth line pivot role.

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