K’Andre Miller’s status as a restricted free agent has provoked an uncertainty on the back end the Rangers haven’t had to worry about since the 2018 first-round pick made his NHL debut in 2020.…
For all the turnover and all the mixing and matching the Rangers’ forward group has endured over the past few seasons, there have hardly been any questions regarding the top four spots on defense.K’Andre Miller’s status as a restricted free agent has provoked an uncertainty on the back end the Rangers haven’t had to worry about since the 2018 first-round pick made his NHL debut in 2020.
If Miller were to sign for, say, two years, it would bring the 6-foot-5 blueliner two seasons away from becoming an unrestricted free agent.Depending on how much the contract is worth and what other moves are made to free up cap space, there might not be much left over to keep fellow defenseman Ryan Lindgren when he becomes a restricted free agent at the end of next season.
The two have skated together in 183 of 220 games over the past three seasons. Lindgren will be a restricted free agent with arbitration rights next summer, coming off the three year, $9 million deal Drury gave him in May 2021. Offer sheets are rare, but Miller is 23 years old and a still-developing talent who appears to have a high ceiling on both sides of the puck.If Miller were to sign an offer sheet, the Rangers would have seven days to match or else they’d lose the Minnesota native and receive the appropriate draft compensation.They even surpassed Lindgren-Fox as the Rangers’ shutdown duo at one point during the 2021-22 season.
It’ll be interesting to see how the next head coach perceives the 22-year-old, who played just 16 NHL games this past season and was largely relegated to AHL Hartford.
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