The New York Rangers put Barclay Goodrow on waivers Tuesday, step one of an offseason plan to clear wage cap house and prime for one more deep playoff run.
Goodrow is signed for 3 extra seasons at an annual cap hit of $3.6 million. That comes off the books if one of many NHL’s different 31 groups claims him.
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If Goodrow clears waivers, the Rangers have choices to commerce him or purchase out the ultimate three years of his contract. A buyout would save them $3.9 million subsequent season, $2.6 million in 2025-26 and $139,000 in 2026-27 earlier than costing an additional $1.1 million the next three seasons by way of 2030.
Goodrow, 31, has been a precious depth heart on a number of lengthy playoff runs going again to San Jose’s journey to the Western Convention closing in 2019. He performed a key function in Tampa Bay’s back-to-back Stanley Cup-winning groups in 2020 and ’21 and helped New York attain the Japanese Convention closing in ’22 and this postseason earlier than shedding to Florida.
The Toronto native has 169 factors in 572 regular-season video games and 24 extra in 97 video games within the playoffs since making his debut within the league in 2014.