2022 Report Card: Dryden Hunt

Expectations

In July of 2021, the New York Rangers signed winger Dryden Hunt in an under-the-radar move to help with their depth. The deal was for two years at a low average annual value of $762,500.

Prior to the 2021-22 season, Hunt, then 25 years old, had previously played for the Florida Panthers and Arizona Coyotes, never appearing in more than 31 NHL games in a season (which he did with Florida in 2018-19, tallying three goals and seven assists). The thought going into 2021-22 was that he could provide some fourth-line depth for the Rangers, helping with respect to shot suppression when he did draw into the lineup.

Those expectations soon got thrown out of whack, however, when injuries…