Matt Gilroy Michal Rozsival
Dan Girardi Bobby Sanguinetti
Ilkka Heikkinen Alexei Semenov
Corey Potter Marc Staal
LEFT WING (5) CENTER (9) RIGHT WING (6)
Sean Avery Artem Anisimov Ryan Callahan
Donald Brashear Tyler Arnason Marian Gaborik
Dane Byers Brian Boyle Ales Kotalik
Christopher Higgins Paul Crowder Enver Lisin
Aaron Voros Chris Drury Jordan Owens
Evgeny Grachev P.A. Parenteau
Corey Locke
Vinny Prospal
Patrick Rissmiller
Date Transaction
May 5 The Rangers agreed to terms with free agent forward Jordan Owens.
May 20 The Rangers agreed to terms with free agent defenseman Ilkka Heikkinen.
May 26 The Rangers agreed to terms with defenseman Michael Del Zotto.
May 27 The Rangers agreed to terms with free agent forward Andreas Ambuhl.
June 4 The Rangers agreed to terms with goaltender Matt Zaba.
June 27 The Rangers acquired forward Brian Boyle from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a third round draft pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
June 27 The Rangers acquired goaltender Chad Johnson from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a fifth round draft pick (Andy Bathgate) in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
June 30 The Rangers acquired forward Christopher Higgins, and defensemen Ryan McDonagh, Pavel Valentenko and Doug Janik from the Montreal Canadiens, in exchange for forwards Scott Gomez and Tom Pyatt, and defenseman Mike Busto.
July 1 The Rangers agreed to terms with free agent forward Marian Gaborik.
July 1 The Rangers agreed to terms with free agent forward Donald Brashear.
July 2 The Rangers agreed to terms with free agent forward Corey Locke.
July 2 The Rangers agreed to terms with free agent forward Tyler Arnason.
July 2 The Rangers agreed to terms with free agent forward Chris Chappell.
July 3 The Rangers agreed to terms with forward P.A. Parenteau on a contract extension.
July 6 The Rangers agreed to terms with forward Christopher Higgins.
July 8 The Rangers agreed to terms with forward Brian Boyle.
July 9 The Rangers agreed to terms with free agent forward Ales Kotalik.
July 10 The Rangers agreed to terms with forward Dane Byers.
July 13 The Rangers agreed to terms with goaltender Chad Johnson.
July 13 The Rangers agreed to terms with forward Ryan Callahan on a contract extension.
July 13 The Rangers acquired forward Enver Lisin from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for forward Lauri Korpikoski.
July 14 The Rangers agreed to terms with defenseman Corey Potter.
July 16 The Rangers named Mike Sullivan Assistant Coach.
July 16 The Rangers acquired defenseman Nigel Williams from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Brian Fahey.
July 21 The Rangers agreed to terms with forward Enver Lisin.
July 27 The Rangers agreed to terms with free agent defenseman Sam Klassen.
August 4 The Rangers exercised their right to walk away from the arbitrator’s award to Nikolai Zherdev, thereby allowing him to become an unrestricted free agent.
August 16 The Rangers named Mark Messier Special Assistant to the President.
August 17 The Rangers agreed to terms with free agent forward Vinny Prospal.
2009-2010 NEW YORK RANGERS PRE-SEASON ROSTER
Player # HT WT Shoots Place of Birth Birthdate 2008 - 09 Team GP G A PTS PIM
Forwards:
Anisimov, Artem 42 6'4 194 L Yaroslavl, Russia 5/24/1988 Hartford (AHL) 80 37 44 81 50
Rangers (NHL) 1 0 0 0 0
Arnason, Tyler 39 5'11 204 L Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 03/16/79 Colorado (NHL) 71 5 17 22 14
Avery, Sean 16 5'10 195 L Pickering, Ontario 04/10/80 Dallas (NHL) 23 3 7 10 77
Hartford (AHL) 8 2 1 3 8
Rangers (NHL) 18 5 7 12 34
Boyle, Brian 22 6'7 252 L Hingham, Massachusetts 12/18/84 Los Angeles (NHL) 28 4 1 5 42
Manchester (AHL) 42 10 11 21 73
Brashear, Donald 87 6'3 237 L Bedford, Indiana 01/07/72 Washington (NHL) 63 1 3 4 121
Byers, Dane 36 6'3 195 L Nipawin, Saskatchewan 02/21/86 Hartford (AHL) 9 4 3 7 18
Callahan, Ryan 24 5'11 188 R Rochester, New York 03/21/85 Rangers (NHL) 81 22 18 40 45
Crowder, Paul 58 6'3 202 R Victoria, British Columbia 02/12/85 Alaska-Anchorage (WCHA) 35 14 19 33 44
Hartford (AHL) 11 0 3 3 6
Drury, Chris 23 5'10 190 R Trumbull, Connecticut 08/20/76 Rangers (NHL) 81 22 34 56 32
Dubinsky, Brandon 17 6'1 205 L Anchorage, Alaska 04/29/86 Rangers (NHL) 82 13 28 41 112
Gaborik, Marian 10 6'1 200 L Trencin, Slovakia 02/14/82 Minnesota (NHL) 17 13 10 23 2
Grachev, Evgeny 59 6'4 220 L Khabaroysk, Russia 02/21/90 Brampton (OHL) 60 40 40 80 22
Higgins, Christopher 21 6'0 205 L Smithtown, New York 02/06/83 Montreal (NHL) 57 12 11 23 22
Kotalik, Ales 12 6'1 225 R Jindrichuv Hradec, CZE 12/23/78 Buffalo (NHL) 56 13 19 32 28
Edmonton (NHL) 19 7 4 11 6
Lisin, Enver 81 6'2 200 L Moscow, Russia 04/08/82 Phoenix (NHL) 48 13 8 21 24
San Antonio (AHL) 10 2 4 6 6
Locke, Corey 73 5'9 189 L Toronto, Ontario 05/08/84 Houston (AHL) 77 25 54 79 60
Owens, Jordan 50 6'0 166 L Niagara Falls, Ontario 05/01/86 Hartford (AHL) 67 12 25 37 66
Parenteau, P.A. 38 6'0 193 R Hull, Quebec 03/24/83 Hartford (AHL) 74 29 49 78 142
Prospal, Vinny 20 6'2 198 L Ceske Budejovice, CZE 02/17/75 Tampa Bay (NHL) 82 19 26 45 52
Rissmiller, Patrick 19 6'4 215 L Belmont, Massachusetts 10/26/78 Rangers (NHL) 2 0 0 0 0
Hartford (AHL) 64 14 40 54 24
Voros, Aaron 34 6'4 215 L Vancouver, British Columbia 07/02/81 Rangers (NHL) 54 8 8 16 122
Defensemen:
Del Zotto, Michael 43 6'1 191 L Stouffville, Ontario 06/24/90 Oshawa (OHL) 34 7 26 33 48
London (OHL) 28 6 24 30 30
Gilroy, Matt 97 6'1 201 R North Bellmore, New York 07/20/84 Boston University (H.E.) 45 8 29 37 12
Girardi, Dan 5 6'2 215 R Welland, Ontario 04/29/84 Rangers (NHL) 82 4 18 22 53
Heikkinen, Ilkka 49 6'2 205 L Rauma, Finland 11/13/84 HIFK Helsinki (FNL) 54 8 26 34 22
Potter, Corey 44 6'3 200 R Lansing, Michigan 01/05/84 Hartford (AHL) 67 10 22 32 82
Rangers (NHL) 5 1 1 2 0
Redden, Wade 6 6'2 210 L Lloydminster, Saskatchewan 06/12/77 Rangers (NHL) 81 3 23 26 51
Rozsival, Michal 33 6'2 205 R Vlasim, Czech Republic 09/03/78 Rangers (NHL) 76 8 22 30 52
Sanguinetti, Bobby 54 6'3 190 R Trenton, New Jersey 02/29/88 Hartford (AHL) 78 6 36 42 42
Semenov, Alexei 25 6’6 245 L Murmansk, Russia 04/10/81 San Jose (NHL) 47 1 7 8 57
Staal, Marc 18 6'4 209 L Thunder Bay, Ontario 01/13/87 Rangers (NHL) 82 3 12 15 64
Catches 2008 - 09 Team GP W L OTL GAA
Goaltenders:
Johnson, Chad 96 6'3 200 L Calgary, Alberta 06/10/86 Alaska-Fairbanks (WCHA) 35 14 16 5 1.66
Lundqvist, Henrik 30 6'1 198 L Are, Sweden 03/02/82 Rangers (NHL) 70 38 25 7 2.43
Valiquette, Steve 40 6'6 210 L Etobicoke, Ontario 08/20/77 Rangers (NHL) 15 5 5 2 2.84
Zaba, Matt 31 6'1 185 L Yorkton, Saskatchewan 07/14/83 Hartford (AHL) 41 25 10 0 2.33
