The cap games started.
The Blueshirts had a slew of staff members in the taxi group this week. Colin Blackwell, who copied the 3-2 overtime win in Buffalo on Thursday, has moved to the taxi rank twice since his original recall on Jan. 23, saving the club $ 6,250 per cap on the day he left the NHL. rankings of ice. The move cost the wing real money and his daily pay in the taxi group $ 1,810.34 less than he made at the Blueshirts.
Expect younger guys like K’Andre Miller and Kaapo Kakko to be transported as well. As early as Friday, Blackwell, Miller and Kakko were all named in the taxi team. Miller’s move saved the Rangers $ 10,560.34 on the cap, while paying the defender $ 5,137.93, the same as Kakko. Every day that Kakko is in the taxi group, the Rangers save $ 30,818.97 in their space. Lafreniere can not be sent to the taxi group because the QMJHL, to which the 19-year-old would have to be assigned if not at the Blueshirts, is currently playing.
Jack Johnson, currently injured, and Brendan Smith need remission to spend time in the taxi team. The Blueshirts would save $ 2667.24 a day, and the veterans’ salaries are not affected by one-way contracts. In fact, they will be spared from deducting bail while in the taxi team.
Similarly, the Rangers moved players from the AHL roster for day trips to the taxi team while the Wolf Pack held training camp. Anthony Greco and Tim Gettinger each called for a day, with Jeff Gorton, general manager, trying to spread the wealth. Players in the AHL camp are not paid. Those in the taxi team receive their full AHL salaries. So it was $ 1,274.14 for Greco (at a minor league salary of $ 200,000) and $ 560.34 for Gettinger ($ 65,000).
The Rangers are hopeful that Ryan Strome, who suffered an unidentified abdominal injury with 3:47 in regulation, would be good to play Saturday’s Garden game against the Penguins.