from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

The Rangers hard-balled restricted free agent John Moore from start to finish, offering the 23-year-old defenseman his $850,500 qualifier and nothing more.

Wednesday, Moore—who has been participating in the club’s informal pre-camp workouts at the practice rink since last seek—accepted general manager Glen Sather’s only pitch, agent Don Meehan told The Post.

Moore, who was not eligible for salary arbitration coming off his Entry Level deal, had no leverage absent an offer sheet that he apparently never solicited and certainly never received. The Rangers had limited cap space.

Hence, the stalemate that lasted through the summer but ended just over a week before the Blueshirts report for medicals on Sept. 18.

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