Almost every free agent season you can find the Rangers in the hunt for big names. You can rattle them off over the last few years; Artemi Panarin in 2019, Kevin Shattenkirk in 2017, both top UFAs in their class. Now the Rangers are in a different mode, at that was evident with their recent bargain bin shopping for players like Kevin Rooney.
New York Rangers the bargain hunters
The Rangers made little to no noise from the opening bell of free agency to date. They simply went out and signed Jack Johnson and host of low lever players to fill the Pack roster.