Overview
- New York cut 13 players on Saturday to trim its camp to 48, assigning eight to AHL Hartford, returning three to junior clubs, and releasing two tryouts.
- Sullivan makes his Rangers coaching debut today and plans to give established players roughly three preseason games while prioritizing evaluations.
- Top scorer Artemi Panarin is day-to-day with a lower-body issue and is unlikely to play in the opener.
- The Devils host the Rangers at 1 p.m. at Prudential Center, with team reporter projections closely matching Sheldon Keefe’s expected lineup and Gritsyuk slated for a first look.
- Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald says he expects to re-sign Luke Hughes and has a plan to fit an extension under the cap without trade or LTIR, with Jacob Markstrom extension talks also underway.