Rangers Sign Ryan Callahan
 

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with forward Ryan Callahan.

Callahan, 24, established career-highs in games played (81), goals (22), assists (18), points (40), and penalty minutes (45) last season. He also won the Steven McDonald Award, voted by the fans as the player who performs “above and beyond the call of duty.”

Callahan ranked second on the team with a career-high, 237 shots, first with a plus-seven rating and tied for fourth on the club in goals. In addition, he led the team and ranked fourth in the NHL with 265 hits. Callahan posted a team-high, six-game scoring streak from March 12 at Nashville to March 22 against Ottawa, recording eight points (four goals and four assists) over the span, and tied for the team-high with a three-game goal streak (March 17 at Montreal to March 22 vs. Ottawa).

He reached the 20-goal plateau for the first time in his career on March 28 at Pittsburgh, and skated in his 100th NHL contest on December 16 at Anaheim. Callahan also skated in all seven playoff games with the Rangers, and tied for the team lead with two goals.

On June 30th, the Rochester, New York native was one of 34 players who were invited to the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Camp to be held August 17 to 19.

Callahan has skated in 147 career regular season games in three seasons with the Rangers, registering 34 goals and 25 assists for 59 points, along with 85 penalty minutes. He ranked fourth in the NHL among rookies with 139 hits and tied for third on the team with a plus-seven rating during the 2007-08 season.He finished that season recording a plus or even rating in 36 of his last 40 contests.

In 2006-07, Callahan tallied two goals, including his first career NHL point, on March 17 against Boston. He made his NHL debut on December 1, 2006 at Buffalo. In addition, Callahan has skated in 27 playoff contests with the Rangers, recording six goals and three assists for nine points, along with 20 penalty minutes.

Callahan was originally the Rangers’ fourth round selection, 127th overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Good, now sign Dubinsky.

Exactly, just what I was going to write. People were writing here after the signing of the Edmonton/Drury buddy that Callahan and Dubinsky wouldn't be signed and sure they will!

Good! Callahan is awsome and works his a$$ off on the ice.
They better sign Dubi now!

Callahan is developing into a real good player. He plays the game hard and is able to contribute offensively. It's good for the Rangers that they finally got down to the business of resigning him in between handing out big money contracts to other free agents so far this offseason.

Thank God. Now get Dubinsky locked up before someone gives him an offer sheet and Korpedo too, although I heard rumors that the KHL was trying to lure him over.

Finally Sather does something right. And now to echo the sentiments of just about everyone else in this thread...NOW SIGN DUBINSKY.

Zipay says it's a 2 year deal, *possibly* worth 1.8 Mil which is a great price for Cally, and we won't have to do this run around next year. I'd bet they're working on a longer deal for Dubi which is what's holding things up.

About time for Rags fans, good signing.

Yeah, I pointed that out in the Kotalik thread. Did people really think they were showing Callahan the door to accomodate Kotalik?

I don't believe that anyone thought he signed Kotalik to ditch Callahan or Dubinsky. I know the point to my rant was why was he letting these guys hang out to dry when heart and soul guys like these 2 were being by passed so he could make some worthless signings to guys that have no heart, Arnason and Kotalik and basically waste cap room. Again, Kotalik = Nedved, Hlavac, Dvorak, Zherdev, Kamensky, Antropov, and so on and so on and so on. I think our fears were that some team would sign one of the two to a front loaded offer sheet that he would not be able to match.

Better late than never. Excellent price for a young guy who is constantly improving.

Good signing by Sather...... Finally.

good signing. showing some life these young Rangers

i just read in the ny post the deal is 2 years at $2.3 million,which needless to say is $1.15 million a year.while orr got a deal with toronto worth about $1 mill a year with 20 less goals.
it's a shock in the hockey world when someone besides the rangers over spends for a non scoring no talent player like orr.
now iffin only callahan would lose the shield and play like a man.