Rangers Daily: Arthur Kaliyev faces gambling, fraud accusations
Former New York Rangers forward Arthur Kaliyev has bigger problems than whether or not the Ottawa Senators will recall him to the NHL any time soon.
The New York Post published an explosive article Monday detailing Kaliyev’s alleged gambling problem — and how he defrauded his then-girlfriend out of $50,000 to pay off his debts.
Kudos to Mollie Walker for doing a helluva’ job researching and tracking down important background information for this story. Not to mention landing an exclusive interview with Lauren Mochen, the alleged victim of Kaliyev’s fraud.
I won’t steal Walker’s thunder and recap all that she reported. We linked to her story within this article, and I encourage you all to read it.
If his issues are as big as it seems, it’s worth questioning when the Rangers — and Los Angeles Kings, Kaliyev’s first team — became aware of them. The Rangers claimed Kaliyev on waivers last season and he played 14 games with them before sustaining a season-ending injury.
The Rangers didn’t re-sign the pending free agent in the offseason and quietly moved on from him. The 24-year-old signed a one-year, $775,000 contract with the Senators on July 2. He has one assist in two games with them, and six points (two goals, four assists) in seven games with their AHL affiliate in Belleville.
Listen, this is a tragic story. For Mochen. For Kaliyev. For their respective families.
And it does raise questions about who knew what and when, about Kaliyev’s gambling problem.
Let’s see how this plays out.
New York Rangers news and analysis
Here’s a breakdown of how and why a pair of 22-year-old forwards — Noah Laba and Brennan Othmann — are headed in opposite directions right now for the Rangers.
Vincent Trocheck is practicing with his teammates again, but remains on LTIR with an upper-body injury. Urho Vaakanainen is day to day with a lower-body issue. Here’s the latest news and quotes in our Rangers injury report.
What’s to make of Alexis Lafreniere? Our Tom Castro takes a deep dive into all the good things Laf is doing this season, and how he can be a game changer for the Rangers if he fixes one major flaw.
Speaking of former first-round draft picks, Gabe Perreault is the AHL Player of the Week, after recording six points in three games for the Hartford Wolf Pack..
John Kreiser takes a closer look at the Rangers week ahead, which includes a pair of home games against Metropolitan Division rivals.
NHL news and rumors
New Jersey Hockey Now: It’s always early, until it isn’t. So, James Nichols analyzes why the New Jersey Devils may want to address their depth on defense before it submarines their season.
TSN: The NHL is going big, like Texas-sized big, next season. The League announced that the Dallas Stars will host the 2027 Stadium Series at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys in February of that year.
The Athletic ($$): A terrific article by Daniel Nugent-Bowman, detailing how goalie Connor Ingram headed back to the minor leagues to rebuild his foundation after stepping away from the game because of depression that followed his mother’s death last season.
Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Penguins absolutely collapsed in the third period against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night, and Dan Kingerski provides a detailed breakdown of what happened and why it did.
Sportsnet: Despite the 4-3 comeback victory, coach Craig Berube was still steaming after the game about how poorly the Maple Leafs played in the first two periods against the Penguins.
NHL.com: Connor McDavid had two assists for the Edmonton Oilers in their 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues, and became the 69th player to reach 1,100 points in the NHL, the fourth-fastest to do so — behind Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Mike Bossy.
Sportsnet: Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy remains adamant that rookie defenseman Zayne Parekh belongs in the NHL and not back in juniors despite a rocky start for the highly-touted 19-year-old.
NHL.com: Quinn Hughes played 28+ minutes in his return to the lineup after missing four games due to injury, when the Vancouver Canucks edged the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Brock Boeser’s overtime goal.
