2001–02_New_York_Rangers_season

2001–02 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team 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.^[2] Head coach Ron Low was fired after the season.^[3]

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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 affiliate(s)	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)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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.^[4]

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%).^[5]

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

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^[6]
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
8.5
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

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^[7]

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

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

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

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

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	Recap
57	February 8, 2002	@ Atlanta Thrashers	2–1	26–24–4–3	Recap
58	February 10, 2002	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	27–24–4–3	Recap
59	February 13, 2002	@ Dallas Stars	4–2	27–25–4–3	Recap
60	February 26, 2002	New Jersey Devils	4–3	27–26–4–3	Recap
61	February 28, 2002	Ottawa Senators	3–0	27–27–4–3	Recap

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

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	Recap
78	April 4, 2002	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	34–36–4–4	Recap
79	April 6, 2002	@ Boston Bruins	6–4	35–36–4–4	Recap
80	April 8, 2002	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	36–36–4–4	Recap
81	April 10, 2002	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–2	36–37–4–4	Recap
82	April 13, 2002	@ Philadelphia Flyers	2–1	36–38–4–4	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

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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			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

Goaltending

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		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

Sources:^[1]^[8]

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Dan Blackburn (Goaltender)	^[9]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Brian Leetch	^[10]
		Eric Lindros^{[lower-alpha 1]}
		Mike York
	NHL Player of the Week	Mike Richter (December 3)	^[12]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Dan Blackburn	^[13]
Team	Ceil Saidel Memorial Award	Brian Leetch	^[14]
	Frank Boucher Trophy	Mike Richter	^[14]
	Good Guy Award	Brian Leetch	^[14]
	Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award	Dan Blackburn	^[15]
	Players' Player Award	Brian Leetch	^[14]
	Rangers MVP	Mike Richter	^[14]
	Rookie of the Year	Dan Blackburn	^[14]
	Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award	Sandy McCarthy	^[14]

Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th point	Theoren Fleury	October 29, 2001	^[16]
1,000th game played	Theoren Fleury	January 23, 2002	^[17]
600th assist	Theoren Fleury	January 23, 2002	^[18]
1,000th game played	Brian Leetch	February 28, 2002	^[19]

Transactions

The Rangers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, through June 13, 2002.^[20]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2001	To New York Rangers Chris St. Croix	To Calgary Flames Burke Henry	^[21]
June 23, 2001	To New York Rangers 3rd-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001	To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2001	^[21]
June 24, 2001	To New York Rangers Christian Gosselin Mikael Samuelsson	To San Jose Sharks Adam Graves^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^[23]
June 24, 2001	To New York Rangers 8th-round pick in 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers Rights to Jeff Dessner	^[21]
June 24, 2001	To New York Rangers 7th-round pick in 2001	To Calgary Flames 7th-round pick in 2002	^[20]
June 29, 2001	To New York Rangers Sean Gagnon Future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Jason Doig Jeff Ulmer	^[24]
June 29, 2001	To New York Rangers Conditional 7th-round pick in 2002	To San Jose Sharks Rich Pilon	^[25]
June 30, 2001	To New York Rangers Dave Duerden	To Florida Panthers Future considerations	^[26]
June 30, 2001	To New York Rangers Nils Ekman Kyle Freadrich	To Tampa Bay Lightning Tim Taylor^{[lower-alpha 3]}	^[28]
August 20, 2001	To New York Rangers Rights to Eric Lindros Conditional 1st-round pick in 2003^{[lower-alpha 4]}	To Philadelphia Flyers Pavel Brendl Jan Hlavac Kim Johnsson 3rd-round pick in 2003	^[29]^[30]
December 12, 2001	To New York Rangers Matthew Barnaby	To Tampa Bay Lightning Zdeno Ciger	^[31]
March 12, 2002	To New York Rangers Roman Lyashenko Martin Rucinsky	To Dallas Stars Barrett Heisten Manny Malhotra	^[32]
March 18, 2002	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	^[33]
March 19, 2002	To New York Rangers Richard Lintner	To Nashville Predators Peter Smrek	^[34]
March 19, 2002	To New York Rangers Rem Murray Tom Poti	To Edmonton Oilers Mike York 4th-round pick in 2002	^[35]

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	^[36]
June 12, 2001 (2001-06-12)	Matt Kinch	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	Free agency	^[37]
June 13, 2001 (2001-06-13)	Layne Ulmer	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)	Free agency	^[38]
June 26, 2001 (2001-06-26)	Scott Meyer	St. Cloud State University (WCHA)	Free agency	^[39]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Dave Karpa	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency	^[40]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Igor Ulanov	Edmonton Oilers	Free agency	^[40]
July 17, 2001 (2001-07-17)	Zdeno Ciger	HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)	Free agency	^[41]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Darren Van Impe	Boston Bruins	Waivers	^[42]
August 23, 2001 (2001-08-23)	P. J. Stock	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency	^[43]
August 28, 2001 (2001-08-28)	Steve McKenna	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency	^[44]
September 15, 2001 (2001-09-15)	Rory Rawlyk	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	Free agency	^[45]
October 3, 2001 (2001-10-03)	Rico Fata	Calgary Flames	Waivers	^[46]
October 4, 2001 (2001-10-04)	Bryan Berard	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency	^[47]
January 16, 2002 (2002-01-16)	Trent Whitfield	Washington Capitals	Waivers	^[48]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	Bobby Andrews	University of Alaska Fairbanks (CCHA)	Free agency	^[49]
June 12, 2002 (2002-06-12)	Benoit Dusablon	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	Free agency	^[50]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Ref
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	Colin Forbes	Utah Grizzlies (AHL)^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Buyout	^[53]
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	Valeri Kamensky	Dallas Stars^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Buyout	^[27]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Guy Hebert^{[lower-alpha 8]}		Buyout	^[56]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Kirk McLean^{[lower-alpha 9]}		Contract expiration (III)	^[51]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	Derek Armstrong	SC Bern (NLA)	Free agency (II)^{[lower-alpha 10]}	^[59]
July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	Tony Tuzzolino	Boston Bruins	Free agency (VI)	^[60]
July 27, 2001 (2001-07-27)	Drew Bannister	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Free agency (UFA)	^[61]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Brad Brown	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (UFA)	^[62]
August 10, 2001 (2001-08-10)	David Wilkie	Augusta Lynx (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[63]
August 21, 2001 (2001-08-21)	Ryan Tobler	Tampa Bay Lightning	Free agency (UFA)	^[64]
September 14, 2001 (2001-09-14)	Nils Ekman	Djurgardens IF (SHL)	Free agency (II)^{[lower-alpha 11]}	^[66]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	P. J. Stock	Boston Bruins	Waiver draft	^[67]
N/A	Ben Carpentier	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[68]
December 18, 2001 (2001-12-18)	Darren Van Impe	Florida Panthers	Waivers	^[69]
January 31, 2002 (2002-01-31)	Martin Richter	HC Sparta Praha (ELH)	Free agency^{[lower-alpha 12]}	^[71]
February 1, 2002 (2002-02-01)	Trent Whitfield	Washington Capitals	Waivers	^[72]
March 16, 2002 (2002-03-16)	Jeff Toms	Pittsburgh Penguins	Waivers	^[73]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 21, 2001 (2001-06-21)	Andreas Johansson		Re-signing	^[74]
July 10, 2001 (2001-07-10)	Vitali Yeremeyev		Re-signing	^[75]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Fedor Tyutin		Entry-level	^[76]
July 24, 2001 (2001-07-24)	Sandy McCarthy		Re-signing	^[77]
August 6, 2001 (2001-08-06)	Manny Malhotra		Re-signing	^[78]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Jeff Toms		Re-signing	^[79]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	Jason Dawe		Re-signing	^[80]
August 9, 2001 (2001-08-09)	Brad Smyth	1-year	Re-signing	^[81]
August 20, 2001 (2001-08-20)	Eric Lindros	4-year	Re-signing	^[30]
September 16, 2001 (2001-09-16)	Petr Nedved		Re-signing	^[82]
October 1, 2001 (2001-10-01)	Dan Blackburn		Entry-level	^[83]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida at the National Car Rental Center.^[84]^[85]

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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)

Notes

Lindros did not play and was replaced by York.^[11]
The Rangers agreed to pay two-thirds of Graves’ remaining salary on his contract.^[22]
The Rangers agreed to pay two-thirds of Taylor's remaining salary on his contract.^[27]
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.
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[51]
Forbes signed with Utah on November 15.^[52]
Kamensky signed with Dallas on July 5.^[54]
Hebert retired.^[55]
McLean retired.^[57]
The Rangers retained Armstrong's NHL rights until trading them to the Los Angeles Kings on July 16, 2002.^[58]
The Rangers retained Ekman's NHL rights and re-signed him on July 9, 2002.^[65]
The Rangers retained Richter's NHL rights and re-signed him on June 19, 2006.^[70]

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