{"id":825538,"date":"2026-05-27T12:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/825538\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:50:13","slug":"the-rangers-offseason-options-to-fill-most-pressing-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/825538\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rangers&#8217; offseason options to fill most pressing needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With one week until Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, the NHL offseason inches closer to the window when most of the league\u2019s activity occurs.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers are expected to be very involved as they continue to navigate their self-proclaimed retool in the aftermath of a second straight playoff-less season. As part of an initiative to build around the team\u2019s core players and prospects, there\u2019s an emphasis on youth, speed and winning pedigree.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s via free agency, a trade or their <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/16\/sports\/rangers-must-move-uncessary-roadblocks-to-let-youth-shine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in-house options<\/a>, the Blueshirts have significant holes in their lineup that need to be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Sports+ takes a look at the Rangers\u2019 biggest voids and who could fill it:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With one week until Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, the NHL offseason inches closer to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":825539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[42],"tags":[13725,56603,66396,1302,293,11249,2229,62,2225,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-825538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-chris-drury","tag-inside-the-rangers","tag-mike-sullivan-nhl","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-post-sports-newsletters","tag-sports","tag-sports-plus","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}