Rangers sign Gilroy

The Rangers have just confirmed published reports that they have signed free agent defenseman Matt Gilroy, who just led Boston University to an NCAA title and won the Hobey Baker Award as the nation's top college player.

The deal is for a reported two years between $4-5 million.

Gilroy is not eligible for this year's postseason but does give the team plenty of blue-line flexibility for next season, particularly with Derek Morris and Paul Mara headed toward unrestricted free agency.

The Rangers have approximately $41 million committed to nine players for next season so they need to give themselves some financial flexibility. Could be they let Morris and/or Mara go (Morris will likely command more on the open market) and try to find a trade partner to take Michal Rozsival, with the notion that they're not going to be able to trade Wade Redden's contract.

Their stable of young defense prospects includes, in addition to Long Island's Gilroy, New Jersey's Bobby Sanguinetti and Michael Del Zotto, both first-round picks and Mike Sauer and Corey Potter, both who had brief stints with the Rangers this season.

The caveat is coach John Tortorella's assertion that it takes about 250 NHL games for a young defenseman to comfortably develop.

Comments

[Matty]

Andrew, ESPN reports that the deal is for 3.5 million not 4-5 million

[LI Joe]

i like this move. he'll be 25 this summer and should be nhl ready or at least i hope so. plus his dad went to my alma mater and played hoops there. him and drury both hobey baker awards winners from BU. hopefully leetch can still give him pointers even though he is bc

[LI Joe]

he is like the 2nd rd pick we traded in the antro deal

[Scott]

Mr. Gross,
Maybe you can find out where he would have been projected to go in the draft, if he had been eligible. Thank you.

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[bob]

Anybody know if Gilroy is physical and is he good defensively?

This could mean that Sanguinetti is getting traded for a forward.

It sucks when the organization is refusing to give their good prospects a real chance to play--Gilroy, Sauer, Del Zotto, Sanguinetti, Potter, etc. How many of them will be discarded in favor of Reddens? How many of them will leave NA frustrated like Baranka?

[graves9]

Hopefully he works out better than Mike Mottau did here. I recall how he was supposed to be Leetch's heir apparent. The guy looked like a big bust and floated around the minors and then he got a chance with the Devs and it's worked out very well for him.

[bob]

at 24 years old, I am not overly impressed. I doubt he is much more physical than Redden or Rozsival. And in general I am not a fan of NCAA hockey program. Honestly I rather have Sauer, or Sanguinetti or even Potter. Actually I want all 3 to make the team next season. If we manage to trade Rozsival and/or Redden then I wouldn't mind Gilroy making the team also, but what are the chances of 4 out of 7 defensemen being rookies? Especially with this organization.

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plus his dad went to my alma mater and played hoops there. him and drury both hobey baker awards winners from BU. hopefully leetch can still give him pointers even though he is bc

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