Tony DeAngelo agreed to a contract with the New York Rangers on Thursday. Terms were not disclosed.
Tony DeAngelo #77 of the New York Rangers is escorted to the penalty box by Referee Ian Walsh (#29)
The 24-year-old defenseman, who was a restricted free agent, avoided a salary arbitration hearing scheduled for Oct. 20. He had NHL career highs in goals (15), assists (38) and points (53) in 68 games with the Rangers last season, and had one assist in three games in the Stanley Cup Qualifiers.
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Selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round (No. 19) of the 2014 NHL Draft, DeAngelo has scored 105 points (24 goals, 81 assists) in 200 regular-season games with the Rangers and Arizona Coyotes.
Alexandar Georgiev agreed to a contract with the New York Rangers on Thursday. Terms were not disclosed.
Alexandar Georgiev #40 of the New York Rangers
The 24-year-old goalie, who was a restricted free agent, avoided a salary arbitration hearing scheduled for Oct. 31.
Georgiev was 17-14-2 with a 3.04 goals-against average, a .910 save percentage and two shutouts in 34 games (32 starts) with the Rangers last season. He did not play in the best-of-5 Stanley Cup Qualifier series, which the Rangers lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in three games.
Signed by New York as an undrafted free agent July 17, 2017, Georgiev is 35-31-7 with a 3.00 GAA, a .913 save percentage and four shutouts in 77 NHL games (71 starts).
With defenseman Tony DeAngelo also agreeing to a contract Thursday, the Rangers have two players with salary arbitration hearings scheduled: forwards Ryan Strome (Nov. 5) and Brendan Lemieux (Nov. 6).
The Rangers have two players with salary arbitration hearings scheduled: forwards Ryan Strome (Nov. 5) and Brendan Lemieux (Nov. 6).
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