DALLAS, TX - JUNE 22: General Manager Jeff Gorton of the New York Rangers looks on from the draft table during the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on June 22, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)
NY Rangers’ general manager Jeff Gorton wisely signed his key RFAs to bridge deals.
Recently, the New York Rangers completed resigning their restricted free agents by coming to terms with Brendan Lemieux. With the league’s finances being a huge question mark because of COVID-19 and there being a flat-cap for as long the next three years, General Manager Jeff Gorton didn’t shell out big bucks for any of the RFAs and instead went with bridge deals.