Rangers Trim Roster to 23 Players

New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the team has assigned forward Julien Gauthier to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) and has released defenseman Matt Bartkowski from his professional try-out (PTO). In addition, defenseman Jarred Tinordi was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Blackhawks.
Gauthier played in three preseason games for the Blueshirts, posting 11 shots, one of five Rangers to have double-digit shot totals in the preseason. He skated in 49 games for the Rangers in 2021-22, registering three goals and four assists for seven points. Gauthier set career-highs in both goals and games played.

Bartkowski recorded one assist in four preseason games with the Rangers.
Tinordi played in seven games with the Rangers in 2021-22, scoring one goal on January 8 against Anaheim. Tinordi notched one goal and four assists for five points in 32 games with Hartford last season.
Ahead of tomorrow's season opener against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the roster breakdown is listed below:
Forwards (14): Sammy Blais, Ryan Carpenter, Filip Chytil, Barclay Goodrow, Dryden Hunt, Kaapo Kakko, Vitali Kravtsov, Chris Kreider, Alexis Lafrenière, Artemi Panarin, Ryan Reaves, Vincent Trocheck, Jimmy Vesey, Mika Zibanejad
Defensemen (7): Adam Fox, Libor Hajek, Zac Jones, Ryan Lindgren, K'Andre Miller, Braden Schneider, Jacob Trouba
Goaltenders (2): Jaroslav Halak, Igor Shesterkin