The New York Rangers will not play ahead Reilly Smith on Sunday night time towards the Nashville Predators for roster administration causes.
Smith, 33, is a probable candidate to be traded earlier than the NHL deadline on Friday. The Rangers don’t wish to take an opportunity that he’ll maintain an damage forward of the deadline.
Smith, in his first season with the Rangers, is because of change into an unrestricted free agent on the finish of the season. On Saturday, the Rangers traded Jimmy Vesey and Ryan Lindgren, who additionally will attain UFA standing at season’s finish, to the Colorado Avalanche.
The Rangers despatched a fifth-round decide within the 2025 NHL Draft and a second-round decide in 2027 to the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 1, 2024, to accumulate Smith.
Smith has performed for the Dallas Stars (2011-13), Boston Bruins (2013-15), Florida Panthers (2015-17), Vegas Golden Knights (2017-23), Penguins and Rangers. He’s within the last season of a three-year, $15 million contract he signed with Vegas in July 2022.
In 898 profession video games, Smith has 542 factors (223 targets, 319 assists), with 29 of them (10 targets, 19 assists) coming with the Rangers.
The Rangers enter play Sunday 4 factors behind the Detroit Pink Wings for the second wild-card playoff spot within the Jap Convention.
–Area Stage Media