New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury introduced immediately that the workforce has acquired defenseman Will Borgen, a third-round choose within the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and a sixth-round choose within the 2025 NHL Entry Draft from the Seattle Kraken in trade for Kaapo Kakko.
Borgen, 27, has skated in 33 video games with Seattle this season, registering one objective and one help for 2 factors, together with 9 penalty minutes. He ranks fifth on the Kraken this season in hits (48) and blocked photographs (37).
The 6-3, 204-pounder has skated in 247 profession NHL video games over components of six NHL seasons with the Kraken and Buffalo Sabres, registering 9 objectives and 46 assists for 55 factors, together with 153 penalty minutes. Borgen skated in all of Seattle’s 82 video games in every of the final two seasons, and he established career-highs with 22 assists and 25 factors in 2023-24. He registered 203 hits in 2022-23 and 195 hits in 2023-24, and he ranks 12th amongst NHL defensemen in hits because the begin of the 2022-23 season (446).
The Moorhead, Minnesota native was initially chosen by Buffalo within the fourth spherical, 92nd total, of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
Following this commerce with Seattle, the Rangers now have seven choices within the 2025 NHL Entry Draft.
Kakko skated in 330 profession video games with the Rangers over components of six seasons, registering 61 objectives and 70 assists for 131 factors, together with 80 penalty minutes.
