New York Rangers report cards: Grading Gavrikov, off-season additions
There are many different ways to group players when handing out report cards for the New York Rangers following their collectively disappointing 2025-26 season. By position is what we did with goalies Igor Shesterkin and Jonathan Quick . It should be obvious why general manager Chris Drury and coach Mike Sullivan were grouped together .
But to keep it fresh, we’ll try out some other groupings. And to that end, we’re here to hand out report cards to three veterans the Rangers acquired prior to the start of this season. Note that defenseman Scott Morrow , who was acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes in the K’Andre Miller trade , is not included here.
His report card will be found among other Rangers rookies in a separate future article. And in-season acquisitions, like Tye Kartye , will have their own report card article, as well. So, here are the report cards for Rangers defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov , and forwards Taylor Raddysh and Conor Sheary , provided in alphabetical order.
Vladislav Gavrikov: A- IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect New York’s biggest offseason move a year ago was to sign Gavrikov to a seven-year, $49 million contract in free agency. Let’s just say the first season of that deal worked out pretty damn well. The 30-year-old fit perfectly alongside Adam Fox on the top defense pairing, was a force on main penalty-killing unit, logged surprisingly effective power-play minutes, and simply was a rock on the back end, playing all 82 games and logging more minutes (1945:28) than any player on the Rangers roster.
His metrics on defense took a hit when paired for 27 games with Braden Schneider , during two extended injury absences for Fox. But Gavrikov still finished with a 50. 60 expected goal share 5v5, per Natural Stat Trick .
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