2001–02 New York Rangers season

The 2001–02 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 76th season. During the regular season, the Rangers finished fourth in the Atlantic Division, compiling a 36–38–4–4 record.^[1] Their 11th-place finish in the Eastern Conference kept them out of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth straight season for the first time since the 1950–51 to 1954–55 seasons.^[2]^[3] Head coach Ron Low was fired after the season.^[4]

Division4th Atlantic

Conference11th Eastern

2001–02 record36–38–4–4

Home record19–18–1–1

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2001–02 New York Rangers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	11th Eastern
2001–02 record	36–38–4–4
Home record	19–18–1–1
Road record	17–20–3–3
Goals for	227
Goals against	258
Team information
General manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Ron Low
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Theoren Fleury Brian Leetch Eric Lindros
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,038 (99.1%)
Minor league affiliates	Hartford Wolf Pack Charlotte Checkers
Team leaders
Goals	Eric Lindros (37)
Assists	Brian Leetch (45)
Points	Eric Lindros (73)
Penalty minutes	Theoren Fleury (216)
Plus/minus	Eric Lindros (+19)
Wins	Mike Richter (24)
Goals against average	Mike Richter (2.95)
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Pre-season

On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a 2–2 game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, the game was stopped. A message from United States President George W. Bush about the September 11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and it was declared a 2–2 tie.^[5]

Regular season

The Rangers struggled in short-handed situations, finishing the regular season with the most power-play opportunities against (398), the most power-play goals allowed (80) and the lowest penalty-kill percentage (79.90%).^[6]

Final standings

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Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
2	5	New York Islanders	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
3	6	New Jersey Devils	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
4	11	New York Rangers	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
5	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69

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Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

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Eastern Conference^[7]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Boston Bruins	NE	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
3	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
5	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
7	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
8	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
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9	Washington Capitals	SE	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

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Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched conference; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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2001–02 regular season^[8]

October: 6–6–1–0 (home: 3–3–0–0; road: 3–3–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
1	October 5, 2001	@ Carolina Hurricanes	3–1	0–1–0–0	L
2	October 7, 2001	Buffalo Sabres	5–4 OT	1–1–0–0	W
3	October 10, 2001	Washington Capitals	5–2	1–2–0–0	L
4	October 13, 2001	@ Ottawa Senators	2–2 OT	1–2–1–0	T
5	October 15, 2001	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–1	2–2–1–0	W
6	October 17, 2001	New Jersey Devils	4–3 OT	3–2–1–0	W
7	October 19, 2001	@ Atlanta Thrashers	4–3	4–2–1–0	W
8	October 20, 2001	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	5–2	4–3–1–0	L
9	October 22, 2001	San Jose Sharks	5–1	4–4–1–0	L
10	October 25, 2001	@ St. Louis Blues	5–1	4–5–1–0	L
11	October 27, 2001	@ Boston Bruins	2–1 OT	5–5–1–0	W
12	October 29, 2001	Dallas Stars	4–2	6–5–1–0	W
13	October 31, 2001	Florida Panthers	3–1	6–6–1–0	L

November: 9–3–1–1 (home: 6–1–0–0; road: 3–2–1–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
14	November 2, 2001	@ Carolina Hurricanes	3–2	6–7–1–0	L
15	November 3, 2001	@ Florida Panthers	5–3	7–7–1–0	W
16	November 6, 2001	Minnesota Wild	3–1	8–7–1–0	W
17	November 8, 2001	@ New York Islanders	6–2	9–7–1–0	W
18	November 10, 2001	@ Buffalo Sabres	4–2	10–7–1–0	W
19	November 11, 2001	Montreal Canadiens	3–2 OT	11–7–1–0	W
20	November 14, 2001	Philadelphia Flyers	4–2	12–7–1–0	W
21	November 17, 2001	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	1–0 OT	12–7–1–1	OTL
22	November 18, 2001	Atlanta Thrashers	6–2	13–7–1–1	W
23	November 20, 2001	Colorado Avalanche	5–3	14–7–1–1	W
24	November 23, 2001	@ Washington Capitals	6–2	14–8–1–1	L
25	November 25, 2001	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	3–2	14–9–1–1	L
26	November 27, 2001	@ Buffalo Sabres	2–2 OT	14–9–2–1	T
27	November 29, 2001	Carolina Hurricanes	5–0	15–9–2–1	W

December: 7–6–1–1 (home: 4–3–0–1; road: 3–3–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
28	December 1, 2001	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–1	16–9–2–1	W
29	December 2, 2001	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–0	17–9–2–1	W
30	December 4, 2001	@ Washington Capitals	5–2	17–10–2–1	L
31	December 6, 2001	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–3	17–11–2–1	L
32	December 8, 2001	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	17–12–2–1	L
33	December 10, 2001	Carolina Hurricanes	4–3 OT	17–12–2–2	OTL
34	December 12, 2001	Nashville Predators	4–2	17–13–2–2	L
35	December 15, 2001	Buffalo Sabres	4–2	18–13–2–2	W
36	December 17, 2001	Florida Panthers	4–2	19–13–2–2	W
37	December 19, 2001	New Jersey Devils	2–2 OT	19–13–3–2	T
38	December 21, 2001	New York Islanders	2–1	19–14–3–2	L
39	December 23, 2001	Ottawa Senators	3–2	20–14–3–2	W
40	December 28, 2001	@ San Jose Sharks	5–3	21–14–3–2	W
41	December 29, 2001	@ Los Angeles Kings	5–4	22–14–3–2	W
42	December 31, 2001	@ Phoenix Coyotes	5–0	22–15–3–2	L

January: 3–8–1–1 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 1–6–0–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
43	January 2, 2002	@ Edmonton Oilers	4–1	22–16–3–2	L
44	January 3, 2002	@ Colorado Avalanche	3–2 OT	22–16–3–3	OTL
45	January 5, 2002	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4–1	22–17–3–3	L
46	January 9, 2002	Los Angeles Kings	4–0	22–18–3–3	L
47	January 12, 2002	@ Philadelphia Flyers	4–2	22–19–3–3	L
48	January 14, 2002	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–2 OT	22–19–4–3	T
49	January 16, 2002	@ Columbus Blue Jackets	2–0	22–20–4–3	L
50	January 17, 2002	@ New Jersey Devils	6–4	22–21–4–3	L
51	January 22, 2002	@ New York Islanders	5–4	23–21–4–3	W
52	January 23, 2002	Boston Bruins	8–4	24–21–4–3	W
53	January 26, 2002	Washington Capitals	6–3	25–21–4–3	W
54	January 28, 2002	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–0	25–22–4–3	L
55	January 30, 2002	New York Islanders	6–3	25–23–4–3	L

February: 2–4–0–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 1–2–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
56	February 6, 2002	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–1	25–24–4–3	L
57	February 8, 2002	@ Atlanta Thrashers	2–1	26–24–4–3	W
58	February 10, 2002	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	27–24–4–3	W
59	February 13, 2002	@ Dallas Stars	4–2	27–25–4–3	L
60	February 26, 2002	New Jersey Devils	4–3	27–26–4–3	L
61	February 28, 2002	Ottawa Senators	3–0	27–27–4–3	L

March: 5–9–0–1 (home: 2–6–0–0; road: 3–3–0–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
62	March 2, 2002	Philadelphia Flyers	6–5	28–27–4–3	W
63	March 4, 2002	Calgary Flames	5–3	28–28–4–3	L
64	March 5, 2002	@ Minnesota Wild	3–2 OT	29–28–4–3	W
65	March 7, 2002	@ Chicago Blackhawks	5–1	29–29–4–3	L
66	March 9, 2002	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2 OT	29–29–4–4	OTL
67	March 11, 2002	Montreal Canadiens	2–1	30–29–4–4	W
68	March 13, 2002	Boston Bruins	3–1	30–30–4–4	L
69	March 16, 2002	@ New Jersey Devils	3–1	30–31–4–4	L
70	March 17, 2002	Detroit Red Wings	5–3	30–32–4–4	L
71	March 19, 2002	Vancouver Canucks	3–1	30–33–4–4	L
72	March 21, 2002	@ Ottawa Senators	5–2	31–33–4–4	W
73	March 22, 2002	Atlanta Thrashers	5–2	31–34–4–4	L
74	March 25, 2002	@ New York Islanders	4–2	31–35–4–4	L
75	March 27, 2002	Philadelphia Flyers	4–2	31–36–4–4	L
76	March 30, 2002	@ Florida Panthers	4–2	32–36–4–4	W

April: 4–2–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 3–1–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
77	April 1, 2002	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	6–4	33–36–4–4	W
78	April 4, 2002	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	34–36–4–4	W
79	April 6, 2002	@ Boston Bruins	6–4	35–36–4–4	W
80	April 8, 2002	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	36–36–4–4	W
81	April 10, 2002	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–2	36–37–4–4	L
82	April 13, 2002	@ Philadelphia Flyers	2–1	36–38–4–4	L

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.

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No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
88	Eric Lindros	C	72	37	36	73	19	138
14	Theoren Fleury	LW	82	24	39	63	0	216
16	Mike York‡	RW	69	18	39	57	8	16
2	Brian Leetch	D	82	10	45	55	14	28
93	Petr Nedved	C	78	21	25	46	−8	36
20	Radek Dvorak	RW	65	17	20	37	−20	14
23	Vladimir Malakhov	D	81	6	22	28	10	83
26	Andreas Johansson	LW	70	14	10	24	6	46
10	Sandy McCarthy	RW	82	10	13	23	−8	171
11	Mark Messier	C	41	7	16	23	−1	32
34	Bryan Berard	D	82	2	21	23	−1	60
36	Matthew Barnaby†	RW	48	8	13	21	−3	144
9	Pavel Bure†	RW	12	12	8	20	9	6
37	Mikael Samuelsson	RW	67	6	10	16	10	23
6	Manny Malhotra‡	C	56	7	6	13	−1	42
18	Zdeno Ciger‡	LW	29	6	7	13	−3	16
19	Martin Rucinsky†	LW	15	3	10	13	6	6
32	Jeff Toms‡	C	38	7	4	11	−4	10
33	Dave Karpa	D	75	1	10	11	−9	131
3	Tom Poti†	D	11	1	7	8	−4	2
55	Igor Ulanov‡	D	39	0	6	6	−4	53
8	Michal Grosek	RW	15	3	2	5	−3	12
24	Sylvain Lefebvre	D	41	0	5	5	−3	23
22	Tomas Kloucek	D	52	1	3	4	−2	137
5	Dale Purinton	D	40	0	4	4	4	113
21	Steve McKenna	LW	54	2	1	3	0	144
17	Rem Murray†	C	11	1	2	3	−9	4
29	Roman Lyashenko†	C	15	2	0	2	0	0
29	Darren Van Impe‡	D	17	1	0	1	3	12
25	Peter Smrek‡	D	8	0	1	1	−7	4
31	Dan Blackburn	G	31	0	0	0		10
27	Jason Dawe	RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0
38	Rico Fata	RW	10	0	0	0	−2	0
47	Barrett Heisten‡	C	10	0	0	0	−4	2
40	Johan Holmqvist	G	1	0	0	0		0
4	Mike Mottau	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	Mike Richter	G	55	0	0	0		4
13	Richard Scott	LW	5	0	0	0	0	5
39	Trent Whitfield†‡	C	1	0	0	0	1	0

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Goaltending

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No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Mike Richter	55	24	26	4	1832	157	2.95	.906	2	3195
31	Dan Blackburn	31	12	16	0	1030	95	3.28	.898	0	1737
40	Johan Holmqvist	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	1.000	0	9

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Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Dan Blackburn (Goaltender)	^[10]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Brian Leetch	^[11]
		Eric Lindros^[a]
		Mike York
	NHL Player of the Week	Mike Richter (December 3)	^[13]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Dan Blackburn	^[14]
Team	Ceil Saidel Memorial Award	Brian Leetch	^[15]
	Frank Boucher Trophy	Mike Richter	^[15]
	Good Guy Award	Brian Leetch	^[15]
	Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award	Dan Blackburn	^[16]
	Players' Player Award	Brian Leetch	^[15]
	Rangers MVP	Mike Richter	^[15]
	Rookie of the Year	Dan Blackburn	^[15]
	Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award	Sandy McCarthy	^[15]

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Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Barrett Heisten	October 5, 2001	^[17]
	Dan Blackburn	October 10, 2001
	Richard Scott	October 27, 2001
1,000th point	Theoren Fleury	October 29, 2001	^[18]
1,000th game played	Theoren Fleury	January 23, 2002	^[19]
600th assist	Theoren Fleury	January 23, 2002	^[20]
1,000th game played	Brian Leetch	February 28, 2002	^[21]

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Transactions

The Rangers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, through June 13, 2002.^[22]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23)	To New York Rangers Chris St. Croix	To Calgary Flames Burke Henry	^[23]
June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23)	To New York Rangers 3rd-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001	To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2001	^[23]
June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24)	To New York Rangers Christian Gosselin Mikael Samuelsson	To San Jose Sharks Adam Graves^[b]	^[25]
	To New York Rangers 8th-round pick in 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers Rights to Jeff Dessner	^[23]
	To New York Rangers 7th-round pick in 2001	To Calgary Flames 7th-round pick in 2002	^[22]
June 29, 2001 (2001-06-29)	To New York Rangers Sean Gagnon Future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Jason Doig Jeff Ulmer	^[26]
June 29, 2001 (2001-06-29)	To New York Rangers Conditional 7th-round pick in 2002	To San Jose Sharks Rich Pilon	^[27]
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	To New York Rangers Dave Duerden	To Florida Panthers Future considerations	^[28]
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	To New York Rangers Nils Ekman Kyle Freadrich	To Tampa Bay Lightning Tim Taylor^[c]	^[30]
August 20, 2001 (2001-08-20)	To New York Rangers Rights to Eric Lindros Conditional 1st-round pick in 2003^[d]	To Philadelphia Flyers Pavel Brendl Jan Hlavac Kim Johnsson 3rd-round pick in 2003	^[31]^[32]
December 12, 2001 (2001-12-12)	To New York Rangers Matthew Barnaby	To Tampa Bay Lightning Zdeno Ciger	^[33]
March 12, 2002 (2002-03-12)	To New York Rangers Roman Lyashenko Martin Rucinsky	To Dallas Stars Barrett Heisten Manny Malhotra	^[34]
March 18, 2002 (2002-03-18)	To New York Rangers Pavel Bure 2nd-round pick in 2002	To Florida Panthers Igor Ulanov Rights to Filip Novak 1st-round pick in 2002 2nd-round pick in 2002 4th-round pick in 2003	^[35]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	To New York Rangers Richard Lintner	To Nashville Predators Peter Smrek	^[36]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	To New York Rangers Rem Murray Tom Poti	To Edmonton Oilers Mike York 4th-round pick in 2002	^[37]

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Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
June 11, 2001 (2001-06-11)	Barrett Heisten	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	Free agency	^[38]
June 12, 2001 (2001-06-12)	Matt Kinch	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	Free agency	^[39]
June 13, 2001 (2001-06-13)	Layne Ulmer	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)	Free agency	^[40]
June 26, 2001 (2001-06-26)	Scott Meyer	St. Cloud State University (WCHA)	Free agency	^[41]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Dave Karpa	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency	^[42]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Igor Ulanov	Edmonton Oilers	Free agency	^[42]
July 17, 2001 (2001-07-17)	Zdeno Ciger	HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)	Free agency	^[43]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Darren Van Impe	Boston Bruins	Waivers	^[44]
August 23, 2001 (2001-08-23)	P. J. Stock	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency	^[45]
August 28, 2001 (2001-08-28)	Steve McKenna	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency	^[46]
September 15, 2001 (2001-09-15)	Rory Rawlyk	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	Free agency	^[47]
October 3, 2001 (2001-10-03)	Rico Fata	Calgary Flames	Waivers	^[48]
October 4, 2001 (2001-10-04)	Bryan Berard	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency	^[49]
January 16, 2002 (2002-01-16)	Trent Whitfield	Washington Capitals	Waivers	^[50]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	Bobby Andrews	University of Alaska Fairbanks (CCHA)	Free agency	^[51]
June 12, 2002 (2002-06-12)	Benoit Dusablon	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	Free agency	^[52]

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Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^[e]	Ref
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	Colin Forbes	Utah Grizzlies (AHL)^[f]	Buyout	^[55]
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	Valeri Kamensky	Dallas Stars^[g]	Buyout	^[29]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Guy Hebert^[h]		Buyout	^[58]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Kirk McLean^[i]		Contract expiration (III)	^[53]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	Derek Armstrong	SC Bern (NLA)	Free agency (II)^[j]	^[61]
July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	Tony Tuzzolino	Boston Bruins	Free agency (VI)	^[62]
July 27, 2001 (2001-07-27)	Drew Bannister	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Free agency (UFA)	^[63]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Brad Brown	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (UFA)	^[64]
August 10, 2001 (2001-08-10)	David Wilkie	Augusta Lynx (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[65]
August 21, 2001 (2001-08-21)	Ryan Tobler	Tampa Bay Lightning	Free agency (UFA)	^[66]
September 14, 2001 (2001-09-14)	Nils Ekman	Djurgardens IF (SHL)	Free agency (II)^[k]	^[68]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	P. J. Stock	Boston Bruins	Waiver draft	^[69]
September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)	Ben Carpentier	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[70]
December 18, 2001 (2001-12-18)	Darren Van Impe	Florida Panthers	Waivers	^[71]
January 31, 2002 (2002-01-31)	Martin Richter	HC Sparta Praha (ELH)	Free agency^[l]	^[73]
February 1, 2002 (2002-02-01)	Trent Whitfield	Washington Capitals	Waivers	^[74]
March 16, 2002 (2002-03-16)	Jeff Toms	Pittsburgh Penguins	Waivers	^[75]

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Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 21, 2001 (2001-06-21)	Andreas Johansson		Re-signing	^[76]
July 10, 2001 (2001-07-10)	Vitali Yeremeyev		Re-signing	^[77]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Fedor Tyutin		Entry-level	^[78]
July 24, 2001 (2001-07-24)	Sandy McCarthy		Re-signing	^[79]
August 6, 2001 (2001-08-06)	Manny Malhotra		Re-signing	^[80]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Jeff Toms		Re-signing	^[81]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	Jason Dawe		Re-signing	^[82]
August 9, 2001 (2001-08-09)	Brad Smyth	1-year	Re-signing	^[83]
August 20, 2001 (2001-08-20)	Eric Lindros	4-year	Re-signing	^[32]
September 16, 2001 (2001-09-16)	Petr Nedved		Re-signing	^[84]
October 1, 2001 (2001-10-01)	Dan Blackburn		Entry-level	^[85]

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Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft in Sunrise, Florida at the National Car Rental Center.^[86]^[87]

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Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Dan Blackburn	G	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
2	40	Fedor Tyutin	D	Russia	SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia)
3	79	Garth Murray	C	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
4	113	Bryce Lampman	D	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
5	139	Shawn Collymore	RW	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	176	Marek Zidlicky	D	Czech Republic	HIFK (FNL)
7	206	Petr Preucil	LW	Czech Republic	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
7	226	Pontus Petterstrom	LW	Sweden	Tingsryds (Sweden)
8	230	Leonid Zhvachkin	D	Russia	Podolsk Jr. (Russia)
8	238	Ryan Hollweg	C	United States	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
9	269	Juris Stals	C	Czech Republic	Lukko (FNL)

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Notes

[a]
Lindros did not play and was replaced by York.^[12]
[b]
The Rangers agreed to pay two-thirds of Graves’ remaining salary on his contract.^[24]
[c]
The Rangers agreed to pay two-thirds of Taylor's remaining salary on his contract.^[29]
[d]
Condition not met. The Rangers would have received a 2003 first-round draft pick if Lindros suffered a concussion in the pre-season or the first fifty games of the regular season and didn't return to action for at least twelve months.
[e]
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[53]
[f]
Forbes signed with Utah on November 15.^[54]
[g]
Kamensky signed with Dallas on July 5.^[56]
[h]
Hebert retired.^[57]
[i]
McLean retired.^[59]
[j]
The Rangers retained Armstrong's NHL rights until trading them to the Los Angeles Kings on July 16, 2002.^[60]
[k]
The Rangers retained Ekman's NHL rights and re-signed him on July 9, 2002.^[67]
[l]
The Rangers retained Richter's NHL rights and re-signed him on June 19, 2006.^[72]

2001–02 New York Rangers season

Pre-season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

See also

Notes

References

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