Overview
- Soucy exited the Oct. 11 win in Pittsburgh after going head-first into the boards while engaging Rickard Rakell and was ruled out for the rest of the game.
- The Rangers placed the defenseman on injured reserve on Oct. 12 and filled the roster spot by recalling Connor Mackey from AHL Hartford.
- The team has not released specific medical details on Soucy’s upper-body injury, and his absence will extend at least through the IR minimum.
- Reporting indicates New York’s limited cap space prevented a call-up for Scott Morrow, whose cap hit is higher than Mackey’s league-minimum salary.
- With Soucy sidelined, Urho Vaakanainen and Matthew Robertson are internal options for adjusted pairings, with Mackey available to step in as needed.