Overview
- The Rangers claimed Tye Kartye off waivers from the Seattle Kraken in February and he has worked his way into a regular top-six forward role.
- Kartye has earned expanded duties on special teams, logging penalty-kill minutes and a spot on the club’s second power-play unit.
- He has produced timely offense for New York, including a late go-ahead breakaway winner at Madison Square Garden and his first career power-play goal in a return game against Seattle.
- Coach Mike Sullivan and captain J.T. Miller have publicly praised Kartye’s relentless forecheck, motor and fit in the system as reasons for his increased minutes.
- The Rangers adjusted roster depth around Kartye’s emergence by reassigning goalie James Reimer to AHL Hartford and readying Joonas Korpisalo to come off injured reserve, showing how low-cost pickups can affect short-term lineup decisions.