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New York Rangers Agree To Multi-Year Extension With Chris Drury

April 23, 2025 at 4:35 pm CDT | by Brennan McClain 30 Comments

The New York Rangers are sticking with the current leader of their front office. The Rangers announced a multi-year extension with General Manager Chris Drury.

In the announcement, MSG Sports Executive Chairman and CEO James Dolan wrote, “I am pleased that Chris will continue to lead the Rangers hockey operations in his role as President and General Manager. Over his tenure, Chris has shown passion for the Rangers, relentless work ethic, and a tireless pursuit of excellence. While we are all disappointed in what transpired this past season, I am confident in his ability to guide this organization to success.”

Despite working for New York’s front office since the 2015-16 season, Drury has spent the last four seasons as the team’s General Manager. Although he cannot be fully credited, the Rangers have appeared in two Eastern Conference Finals under Drury, additionally winning the President’s Trophy last season.

Beginning with the draft, Drury has made three selections in the first round, with his first being Brennan Othmann from the OHL’s Flint Firebirds in 2021. Othmann has yet to break out at the NHL level, but has been extremely successful with the team’s AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. Drury’s most impressive selection came two years later, when the Rangers selected Gabriel Perreault with the 23rd overall pick. After an incredible two-year run with Boston College, Perreault projects to be a quality top-six forward for years to come in New York.

Unfortunately, Drury’s tenure as General Manager becomes checkered when analyzing his trade history. Drury is credited with trading away Brett Howden, Pavel Buchnevich, and Nils Lundkvist, while failing to bring back anything of legitimate value in those deals. Still, Drury can be aggressive on the trade market when he needs to be, acquiring Patrick Kane, Vladimir Tarasenko, and J.T. Miller while being able to move the heavy contract of defenseman Jacob Trouba.

He’s been a toss-up when it comes to perusing the free agent market. Drury signed Barclay Goodrow and Patrik Nemeth to burdensome contracts, but also locked up Igor Shesterkin, Vincent Trocheck, Adam Fox, and Alexis Lafreniere to long-term deals.

Still, like it is for all of the Original Six organizations, the proof is in the pudding. Although some teams may feel content with two Conference Final appearances in three years, the Rangers faithful are still hungry for their first Stanley Cup banner in 31 years. Despite agreeing to a multi-year extension with the Rangers, the pressure to perform shouldn’t escape Drury.

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  1. danrobertori

    3 months ago

    Can’t wait to read the comments on this

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  2. uvmfiji

    3 months ago

    Chris is a winner

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    • Never Remember

      3 months ago

      Is that you Mr Dolan? You have same skills at picking leaders as our treasonous dementia addled Trump

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      Reply
    • FeeltheThunder

      3 months ago

      You quite obviously meant Biden.

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      Reply
    • Johnny Z

      3 months ago

      “Never remember” is obviously YOUR dementia riddled mind. LOL!!!!
      (Sorry I had to put it her as the addle minded bugger turned off his comments.)

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      Reply
  3. FearTheWilson

    3 months ago

    Dolan lol. Only decision he should be making is what song to play on his banjo. He’s not cut out for hockey (or basketball for that matter).

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    Reply
  4. Al Hirschen

    3 months ago

    O the pain.

    3
    Reply
  5. Elite-Finnish

    3 months ago

    Might be the stupidest decision the rangers have made in the last decade.

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    Reply
    • padam

      3 months ago

      Getting rid of JD was.

      Reply
  6. GabeOfThrones

    3 months ago

    Dolan yes men hang around forever. He’s been a disaster.

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    Reply
  7. DarkSide830

    3 months ago

    okay lol

    1
    Reply
  8. jdgoat

    3 months ago

    Lmao what

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    Reply
  9. MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

    3 months ago

    Dolan’s officially given us the “You’re #1” salute. CD is not GM material, unfortunately.

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    Reply
  10. Pepe501

    3 months ago

    As a Canes fan, I am a huge fan of this signing. He’s literally the worst GM in the league and will be the GM of a rival for years to come.

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    Reply
    • layventsky

      3 months ago

      As a Sabres fan, Kevyn Adams is worse.

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      Reply
  11. Germond

    3 months ago

    D’oh!

    1
    Reply
  12. theruns

    3 months ago

    You could make a very legit argument that his tenure this season was the worst performance by any NHL GM in the last 20 years.

    Not only is he a complete buffoon, he is despised by the players and has created a completely toxic work environment throughout the organization. Everybody hates him, probably down to the hot dog vendors, you can’t find anybody that has anything positive to say about him, even on a personal level.

    Job well done!

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    • FearTheWilson

      3 months ago

      Home run by theruns

      Reply
  13. JG88

    3 months ago

    As an Islanderfan, I support this move.

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    Reply
    • padam

      3 months ago

      And yet your team still can’t beat his.

      Reply
    • JG88

      2 months ago

      The New York Islanders are 11-10-2 against the Rangers between April 28, 2020 and April 28, 2025.

      Want to try again?

      Reply
  14. Bucky76

    3 months ago

    Dolan loves giving his money away all the coaches he is still paying and now Drury will be gone next year when Rangers fail again.

    Reply
  15. uvmfiji

    3 months ago

    I dont see how any of this is Drury’s fault. He ran the same team last year to the conference finals. Didn’t lose anyone of value.

    Reply
  16. bobby cox

    3 months ago

    Not Drury ‘s fault. He made terrible moves at deadline. Traded a 3rd rounder for soucy who sucks. Scratched everyone else he acquired moved bounchy on and on. Awful

    Reply
  17. 'Tang It

    3 months ago

    Thanks for the lottery pick next year… Signed a penguins fan

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  18. Gbear

    3 months ago

    Failure is an option!

    Reply
  19. kodiak32

    3 months ago

    Thanks to one of the worst owners in sports! As a Pens fan, love this move. Thanks for a top pick next year!

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    Reply
  20. padam

    3 months ago

    I see this as severance pay after this year.

    In his defense, Buchnevich was the only bad deal and that was done to clear cap room.

    Reply
  21. AaronV

    3 months ago

    Worst GM in the League. Congradulation’s to the Rangers and their fans. Haha

    Reply
    • uvmfiji

      3 months ago

      Worst speller on this post. Haha

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