On Monday, the New York Rangers announced the signing of Yegor Rykov and with that, it is official. If all six Russians (Georgiev, Shestyorkin, Rykov, Kravtsov, Buchnevich, and Namestnikov) play in the NHL this season, it will the most since 2002-03 when the Rangers had Pavel Bure, Darius Kasparaitis, Alexei Kovalev, Roman Lyashenko, Vladimir Malakhov and Boris Mironov on the team.
But what can we expect from Yegor Rykov? What type of player is he? Rykov is a solid two-way defenseman who is good in his own zone and is capable of moving the puck up the ice.