Rangers news: NY signs ex-Lightning winger to $4.5 million contract

Rangers news: NY signs ex-Lightning winger to $4.5 million contract highlights a key NHL Free Agency move as New York adds winger Oliver Bjorkstrand. The team signed Bjorkstrand on the opening day of NHL Free Agency, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, with later reporting from The Hockey News (Remy Mastey) describing a one-year deal worth $4.5 million. Bjorkstrand previously played for the Seattle Kraken before being traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning at the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline, where he recorded 41 points in 98 regular-season games. In the playoffs this year, he totaled zero points across four games. The Rangers have sought to rebuild offense after two difficult seasons, trading Artemi Panarin at the deadline, and the addition of Bjorkstrand is positioned as part of that effort. New York also acquired goaltender Joonas Korpisalo from Boston on July 1, backing up Igor Shesterkin after Jonathan Quick’s retirement.