Overview
- Vladislav Gavrikov signed a seven-year, $49 million deal that runs through the 2031–32 season
- In Los Angeles he averaged 21:48 of ice time over 179 games and finished the 2024–25 season with a plus-26 rating
- Among defensemen with at least 1,250 five-on-five minutes this season, he ranked sixth in both goals-for percentage (59.2) and expected goals-for percentage (62.7)
- He is slated to form New York’s top defensive pairing alongside Adam Fox, reshaping the Rangers’ back end
- After failing to re-sign Gavrikov, the Kings added veterans Cody Ceci and Brian Dumoulin on one-year deals to plug their defensive gap