Restricted free agents Brandon Pirri, Adam Clendening and goalie Mackenzie Skapski were not presented with qualifying offers by the Rangers by Sunday’s deadline and are free to sign elsewhere.
General manager Jeff Gorton has already been speaking with representatives for the team’s two top RFAs — Mika Zibanejad and Jesper Fast — and indicated on Saturday in Chicago that he hoped to agree on contracts with both.
The only other Ranger who was given a qualifying offer was forward Nicklas Jensen, the team confirmed. The 24-year-old had 32 goals and 55 points in 70 games last season for a Hartford Whalers team that finished near the bottom of the AHL, the team confirmed.