The rebuilding of the Rangers continued to pick up steam Friday as the club announced it has agreed to terms on entry-level contracts with Russian goaltender Igor Shesterkin and forward Vitali Kravtsov, the team’s first of three first-round picks in the 2018 draft.
The announcement comes a day after the Rangers announced they had signed Jericho native Adam Fox, the 21-year-old defenseman whose rights they had acquired on Tuesday from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a pair of draft picks.
Shesterkin, 23, and Kravtsov, 19, are not presently on the Russia squad that has been playing pre-World Championships tuneup games, though either or both could still be added before the tournament starts on Sunday.