After assigning rookie Evgeny Grachev to Hartford and sending first round pick Michael Del Zotto and Thomas Kundratek to their junior squads, the Rangers trimmed their roster to 26 after a day of cuts. 

They assigned several players to Hartford and released tryout hopeful Petr Nedved.  Despite having a good preseason, Nedved was a longshot to make the team.  In an effort to get faster and younger, Nedved had no real spot on the team.

Artem Anisimov, Greg Moore and Hugh Jessiman, all of which had legit chances of sticking in NY, were sent to Hartford.

Lauri Korpikoski, Brian Fahey and Corey Potter all got through the first set of cuts and will continue to push for their chance to stay with the big squad.

Korpikoski has been very impressive, skating well and showing a nack for goal scoring,

A link to the Rangers current roster can be read here: