Rangers Roundup: Cap Set, Schedule Out and latest on Kovalchuk

Zak Chiger Jun 21, 2018

Here are the latest rumblings around Rangerstown.

Salary Cap

The NHL announced that the salary cap for the 2018-19 season will be set at $79.5M, while the floor will be at $58.8M.

The NHLPA and NHL have announced the Team Payroll Range for the 2018-19 league year. Upper Limit will be $79.5 M, Lower Limit will be $58.8 M: https://t.co/OxyYBBveNy pic.twitter.com/yFYw21u2XB

— NHLPA (@NHLPA) June 21, 2018

#NYR officially have $29,450,556 in cap space per @CapFriendly https://t.co/9tVLwqKHCv

— Forever Blueshirts (@4EverBlueshirts) June 21, 2018

2018-19 Schedule

The schedule for the 2018-19 season was announced a few moments ago. It is still too early to give a prediction, but this will certainly be an exciting season!

Hey hey hey!

105 days until #NYR opening day!

👀 the full 🗓https://t.co/hER49eUyKP https://t.co/diH024Xp17

— x – New York Rangers (@NYRangers) June 21, 2018

Ilya Kovalchuk Latest

The Ilya Kovalchuk discussions are heating up, and Darren Dreger reports that most of the teams interested in the veteran winger are out west. However, that doesn’t mean the Rangers should be counted out just yet.

I still believe the #NYR are not out of this. https://t.co/BZ9RydaJSf

— Forever Blueshirts (@4EverBlueshirts) June 21, 2018

LA had shown interest in Jeff Skinner but priority for now is Kovalchuk. Told that Pittsburgh and St. Louis have also talked to Carolina about Skinner https://t.co/rE1hDzFhpa

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 21, 2018