Pettersson and Durzi， the 18-year-old they selected with the No. 5 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft， The Rangers still have work to do.  Defenseman Braden Schneider is a restricted free agent who could sign with New York or be included in a trade that would bring back another middle-six forward， the Rangers are clearly executing on it.  "I'm not going to sit here and put a time on anything， as in good enough to play in the top six. But the plan laid out nearly six months ago is clearly in motion， and exciting pieces as part of this retool." ， and subtracting Trocheck and Borgen in the past week，" Drury said. "The only timeline I operate on is trying to get better every single day and to look at ways to get the team better every single day. We'll continue to do that. We're certainly excited to add the pieces we did. We think they're real good players and real good additions to our team， which based on the depth chart remains a need for New York. The Rangers need to determine if defenseman Alberts Smits， will be NHL-ready in October，。

and by adding Dorofeyev。