Rangers Roundup: Kakko and Georgiev expected back Friday, and it’s Jaromir Jagr week on MSG

Anthony Scultore Updated: Jul 17, 2020

Here’s the latest news and notes centering around the New York Rangers. From players returning to Europe. visa updates, and a time to salute Jaromir Jagr on MSG.

European Rangers heading back

Over the weekend we noted from Newsday that Pavel Buchnevich was coming in yesterday. Colin Stephenson is now reporting that both Kaapo Kakko and Alexandar Georgiev are heading back from Finland on Friday.

Alex Georgiev and Kaapo Kakko are planning on coming over from Finland on Friday.
— Colin Stephenson (@ColinSNewsday) June 22, 2020

Today we also reported that the mandatory service in Finland has been waived for Kaapo Kakko due to his diabetes.

NHL Contracts and Visas Extended

Due to the pandemic and the pushing out of the season, the standard June 30th contract expiration date has been extended to October 31st. This is also in response to the expiring visas issues reported here.

NHL player contracts set to expire June 30 will now expire Oct. 30 per agreement with PA, Post has learned. Told this is in response to Visa issues and is not part of a larger agreement.
— Larry Brooks (@NYP_Brooksie) June 22, 2020

Saluting Jaromir Jagr

MSG Networks will be celebrating Jaromir Jagr this week. We’ve written about Jagr’s amazing Blueshirts career here. Here’s the full programming schedule.

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