- Rangers re-sign goaltender Dylan Garand to a two-year extension worth an $875K cap hit
- Garand posted a 1.62 goals-against average and .948 save percentage in three NHL games last season
- Read below for the contract breakdown and where Garand lands behind Igor Shesterkin
Dylan Garand finally got his foot in the NHL door, and the Rangers want to keep it there.
New York re-signed the 24-year-old goaltender to a two-year extension Sunday, the team confirmed:
Colin Stephenson of Newsday laid out the terms. Year one is a two-way deal worth the league minimum of $850,000 at the NHL level. Year two is a one-way contract at $900,000, which lands the cap hit at $875,000.
Garand earned the look. He went 2-0-1 in three NHL appearances with a 1.62 goals-against average and a .948 save percentage. That is about as clean as a debut stretch gets.
The Rangers drafted him in the fourth round back in 2020, and he spent four seasons stacking up starts with the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. Breaking through to the big club was the hard part. Igor Shesterkin had the crease locked down, and veteran Jonathan Quick handled the backup minutes before wrapping up his career at the end of the season.
Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury talked up the young netminder during his exit interview, per SI:
“As far as Dylan, I couldn’t be happier for him, coming up and playing as solid as he did.”
With Quick gone, the backup job behind Shesterkin is wide open. That two-way structure in year one is a tell. The Rangers want Garand to win the spot outright, not have it handed to him.
