07/01/2023 at 12:27pm EDT
added 12:36pm, Jonathan Quick signs with the Rangers too, press release in comment section.
NEW YORK, July 1, 2023 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the team has agreed to terms with forward Blake Wheeler on a one-year contract.
Wheeler, 36, skated in 72 games for the Winnipeg Jets in 2022-23, recording 16 goals and 39 assists for 55 points. Wheeler added seven power play goals, the second most of his career, and a career-high tying six game-winning goals. On the Jets, Wheeler ranked tied for fourth in goals, third in assists and fifth in points.
The Plymouth, Minnesota native has appeared in 1,118 games over 15 seasons between the Jets/Atlanta Thrashers and Boston Bruins, tallying 312 goals and 610 assists for 922 points and a plus-65 rating. He played in the 2018 and 2019 NHL All-Star Games and was named an NHL Second Team All-Star in 2017-18. Among players from the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, he ranks first in games played and sits third in goals, assists, and points. In addition, Wheeler leaves the Jets as the franchise leader in regular season games played (897), points (812) assists (550), and shots (2,462), while his 262 goals are the third-most in franchise history. He served as captain of the team from 2016-2022.
Wheeler saw career-highs in points (91) in each of the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons and a career-high in assists (71) in 2017-18. His career-high tally in goals was the 28 he compiled in 2013-14.
A 6-5, 220-pounder, Wheeler has also skated in 65 playoff games, compiling 10 goals and 35 assists for 45 points. In the 2018 postseason, his 18 assists ranked tied for second in the NHL while his 21 points ranked tied for fifth.
Internationally, Wheeler represented the United States at the 2014 Olympics, 2016 World Cup of Hockey, 2011 World Championship and 2006 World Junior Championship.
Wheeler was originally selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round, fifth overall, of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft but signed with the Bruins out of college in 2008.
That's a good signing for nyr
NEW YORK, July 1, 2023 New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the team has agreed to terms with goaltender Jonathan Quick on a one-year contract.
Quick, 37, has appeared in 753 career games (740 starts) over 16 seasons between the Los Angeles Kings and Vegas Golden Knights, where he has accumulated a 375-277-84 record, a career 2.47 goals against average and .911 save percentage. Among US-born goaltenders, Quick ranks second all-time in wins and fourth in games played. Quick split his 2022-23 season between the Kings and Golden Knights, tallying a 16-15-6 record in 41 games with two shutouts. He won his first four starts with Vegas and finished 5-2-2 with the Stanley Cup-winning club.
The Milford, Connecticut native has been a Vezina Trophy finalist twice (2011-12, 2015-16) and has been a part of a William M. Jennings Trophy (award given to goalies on the team that had the fewest goals against) winning duo on two occasions, in 2013-14 and 2017-18 with Los Angeles. He has played in two NHL All-Star Games (2012, 2016) and was named to the NHLs Second All-Star Team in 2012.
A three-time Stanley Cup champion (2023 VGK, 2014 & 2012 LAK), Quick has earned 49 wins in 92 career playoff games with a 2.31 GAA and .921 SV%. He ranks third among active goaltenders in career playoff wins (49) and second in career shutouts (10). In 2012, he earned the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP after leading the Kings to their first Stanley Cup with a 16-4-0 record, a .946 save percentage and a 1.41 GAA.
On the international level, Quick played for the United States in the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014, and the World Cup of Hockey in 2016.
Quick was originally drafted by the Kings in the third round, 72nd overall, of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
both gamers, in their day, that day is over.
Drury won't last, Blueshirts aren't built for the long haul imo.
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