Rempe Still on IR as Rangers Head Into the Final Stretch of a Busy Offseason

Matt Rempe remains on injured reserve as the Rangers move through August, and there's been no public update on a timeline. The organization has been active enough this summer — new goaltending, new forwards, new front-office structure — but the forward depth picture still has a gap in it, and Rempe is the reason.

It's worth remembering how last season ended for him. His ice time fell from 11.4 minutes a game to 8.0 over the final 10 games, a drop that preceded the IR placement and suggested something was already wrong before the season closed. He also acknowledged the Edström trade this week, which is a small thing but a notable one — Edström was a friend and a depth piece, and now he's gone. The forward group is thinner for it.

The Rangers have addressed a lot this offseason. Pavel Dorofeyev arrives as a genuine scoring option, and the goaltending situation looks more stable than it did in April. But the blue line still has two unsigned restricted free agents — I wrote about that last week — and now the forward depth has its own open question. Training camp is not far off. Both threads need to close.