{"id":58904,"date":"2025-08-11T01:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T01:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/58904\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T01:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T01:41:09","slug":"east-notes-rangers-alexeyev-magnusson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/58904\/","title":{"rendered":"East Notes: Rangers, Alexeyev, Magnusson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With most of the roster spots already set, there isn\u2019t a lot of battles heading into training camp for the Rangers next month.\u00a0 With that in mind, Larry Brooks of the New York Post believes (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/09\/sports\/no-excuse-for-rangers-to-not-name-captain-heres-who-it-should-be\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscription link<\/a>) that their biggest decision in camp might by on the captaincy front.\u00a0 Namely, should they name one and if so, who might be the best candidate for the job?\u00a0 New York went without a captain for the bulk of the season after moving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/troubja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jacob Trouba<\/a> to Anaheim back in December.\u00a0 The Rangers have moved their last three captains within four years of them being appointed so ideally, whoever they name (if they name one) should be someone who\u2019s going to be around for a while.\u00a0 Brooks suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/millejt01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">J.T. Miller<\/a> as a viable candidate for the role; he was acquired as a culture-changer and has five years left on his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the East:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rg.org\/news\/hockey\/alexeyev-discusses-penguins-future-teeth-loss-capitals-lessons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Speaking with RG\u2019s Daria Tuboltseva<\/a>, Penguins defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/alexeal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alexander Alexeyev<\/a> noted that he wasn\u2019t surprised at being non-tendered by Washington back in June. The 25-year-old was a frequent healthy scratch last season, getting into just eight games during the regular season although he suited up more frequently in the playoffs.\u00a0 With Alexeyev having arbitration rights, the Capitals knew early they\u2019d be letting him go, informing his camp of the decision several weeks ahead of time.\u00a0 Alexeyev added that he gave no consideration to returning home and playing in the KHL and instead, he signed for the league minimum with the Penguins and will look to earn a roster spot with them.<br \/>\nThe Red Wings will be inviting defenseman <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/723525\/carl-otto-magnusson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carl-Otto Magnusson<\/a> to rookie camp next month, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hockeysverige.se\/nhl\/carl-otto-magnusson-deltar-pa-detroit-red-wings-traningslage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">relays Hockey Sverige\u2019s Rasmus Kagstrom<\/a>. The 19-year-old spent last season in Frolunda\u2019s system, playing primarily at their junior level where he had eight points in 44 games and also got into three contests in the SHL.\u00a0 However, the six-foot-seven defender will suit up in North America this season after being a second-round pick by QMJHL Moncton in the CHL Import Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With most of the roster spots already set, there isn\u2019t a lot of battles heading into training camp&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[48151,64,63,48152,3064,48153,3617,575,4785,85],"class_list":["post-58904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-alexander-alexeyev","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-carl-otto-magnusson","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-j-t-miller","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}