The Rangers don't appear to have given up on Vitali Kravtsov.
After signing the previous first-round decide to a one-year deal reportedly price $875,000 earlier this week, president and common supervisor Chris Drury sounded constructive about Kravtsov’s eventual future in New York in his end-of-season information convention on Wednesday.
“We’re excited to have him again,” Drury mentioned. “I don’t suppose we’ve ever wavered from our stance that he’s an all-world expertise. Does a number of issues on the ice that lots of people can’t.
“Good measurement, his hockey sense is thru the roof, as is his talent. So we’re excited to have him again and be part of the group.”
Kravtsov returned to Russia on a mortgage with Traktor Chelyabinsk final fall after a falling out with the Rangers, and he scored 13 factors in 19 regular-season video games for the KHL outfit. He had been anticipated to make the Rangers’ roster out of coaching camp however failed to take action. He subsequently refused an task to AHL Hartford and was given permission to facilitate a commerce.
Such a deal by no means materialized, and the Rangers evidently will give Kravtsov one other shot.
In a 20-game stint with the membership two seasons in the past, Kravtsov had two objectives and two assists.
“Once more, like anybody else, your play dictates the place you find yourself,” Drury mentioned. “We’re actually glad to have him again within the combine and signed for subsequent 12 months.”
As Kaapo Kakko himself earlier within the week, Drury didn't sound too involved that the teenager being a scratch for Recreation 6 of the convention ultimate in opposition to the Lightning would have an effect on his future with the membership.
Although Kakko, who can be a restricted free agent, was clearly caught off-guard by his benching, he mentioned Monday that it wouldn’t change how he views the choice in entrance of him this summer time. And Drury alluded to Kakko being with the staff subsequent 12 months.
“He and I had an actual good dialogue earlier than we left yesterday,” Drury mentioned. “There’s clearly a number of perception with me and the workers so far as [what] his future holds. And I do know, as you cited, for a very good offseason and to return again subsequent 12 months and be prepared.
“As I’ve mentioned earlier than, it’s [coach Gerard Gallant’s] lineup card. I help and belief the choices he makes. He made a number of nice ones this 12 months. … He was simply making an attempt to win a sport, win a street sport, put one of the best lineup on the market. That’s the choice he made.”
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