The Rangers included some fiber and — pant! — experience to the penniless right half of the blue line by gaining Adam McQuaid from the Bruins on Tuesday in return for Steven Kampfer and a fourth-round draft pick, The Post has learned.
McQuaid, who will turn 32 on Oct. 12, joins righties Kevin Shattenkirk, Neal Pionk and Tony DeAngelo on the profundity graph. Lefties Brendan Smith and Fredrik Claesson are likewise alternatives on their off side for head mentor David Quinn's squad that will open preparing camp on Friday. DeAngelo, incidentally, is not any more waivers-absolved.
The 6-4 McQuaid, who has one year at $2.75 million staying on his arrangement, conveys a physical component to the Ranger barrier that has been missing for a considerable length of time around there. A staple on the Boston line since his youngster (and Stanley Cup-winning) 2010-11 season, McQuaid played in just 38 amusements last season, missing about three months in the wake of affliction a broken right fibula while hindering a shot on Oct. 19.
He returned in mid-January and posted one objective and three helps with 62 PIM in 15:42 of normal ice time while collaborated essentially with Torey Krug or Matt Grzelcyk. McQuaid played in every one of the 12 of his group's playoff amusements, getting 13:19 for each while recording an objective and help while the Bruins were thumped out in the second round by Tampa Bay.
The Rangers ought to have somewhere in the range of $2.6 and $3.5 million in top space accessible toward the beginning of the year relying on whether the group begins with seven or eight defensemen on the program.
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