The New York Rangers have locked in Scott Morrow on a one-year contract, according to a team announcement.
It’s a two-way deal that will pay the 23-year-old $850,000 at the NHL level and $125,000 in the AHL, per Puckpedia.
Morrow spent most of the 2025-26 season with the Hartford Wolf Pack, where he put up five goals and 19 points in 34 games. That production led all Wolf Pack defensemen in points per game at 0.56, and his five goals were tied for the team lead among Hartford blueliners. He also logged 29 NHL games with the Rangers, finishing with six assists.
His NHL run came during a rough stretch for New York. Across his three separate call-up stints, the Rangers won 13 of 40 games from his first appearance on November 16th until his final game during his third recall, before he was sent back to Hartford after February 28th in 2026 to finish the season.
The former 2021 second-round pick has yet to carve out a real, sustained NHL role. In 45 career NHL games over three seasons with the Rangers and the Carolina Hurricanes, the former 40th overall pick has one goal and 11 assists for 12 points.
New York acquired him in July of 2025 as part of the trade return for K’Andre Miller going to Carolina. Before joining the Rangers, the 6-foot-2 defenseman posted 39 points with the Chicago Wolves in 2024-25, good for fourth on Carolina’s AHL club.
Morrow’s game has long been defined by his puck-moving ability, something he showed before turning pro at Shattuck St. Mary’s and then at UMass. He recorded three straight 20-assist seasons with the Minutemen in Hockey East.
New York still has $2.4MM in cap space and also needs to sort out fellow right-shot defenseman Vincent Iorio. Morrow and Iorio were two of five righties to appear in NHL games last season, with Adam Fox playing 55 games and Braeden Schnieder appearing in all 82. Even with William Borgen gone and Sean Durzi added to the depth chart by Drury, Morrow’s path to more NHL minutes looks limited for now unless he’s needed as a depth option or injury fill-in.
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