When you get into the 50s and 60s in Rangers uniform history, the list starts to thin out fast. Across the first 100 years, three numbers in this stretch - Nos. 52, 57 and 59 - were never worn at all, and only No. 55 had been used before the 21st century, by Marty McSorley in his nine-game run in 1996.
That leaves a pretty short but interesting group of players who actually made those numbers matter.
No. 51 belongs to Fedor Tyutin, the second-round pick from the 2001 NHL Draft who arrived in North America in 2003 and made his Rangers debut in January 2004. After the lockout, he settled in as a steady, 20-minute-a-night defenseman for three seasons, giving New York a middle-pair option who could chip in offensively and hold his own in his own end. The Rangers moved him to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the summer of 2008, and he went on to play eight seasons in Columbus and one with the Colorado Avalanche before retiring in 2017.
No. 53 went to Derek Morris, whose stay in New York was brief but productive. The Rangers picked him up from the Phoenix Coyotes at the trade deadline in March 2009, and he finished with eight assists and a plus-3 rating in 18 games while averaging 19:41 of ice time.
He added two assists in seven Stanley Cup Playoff games, but the Rangers chose not to bring him back. Morris signed with the Boston Bruins, later got traded back to Phoenix in March 2010, and remained with the Coyotes until retiring in 2014.
Adam McQuaid wore No. 54, and his Rangers stint was just as short. New York acquired the rugged defenseman in September 2018 after eight seasons with the Boston Bruins, but he was sent to Columbus for draft picks in February 2019. McQuaid retired two months later.
No. 55 is Ryan Lindgren, and unlike most of the names in this group, he stuck around. He is the only Ranger to wear that number for more than one full season, and for several years he served as the physical anchor on the left side of the top defense pair while Adam Fox handled the offense.
The Rangers got Lindgren in February 2018 as part of the return from Boston for Rick Nash, and he became a regular in 2019-20. Over the next five seasons, he was at least plus-16 each year while paired with Fox.
Injuries limited him in 2024-25, and with free agency approaching, the Rangers traded him to the Colorado Avalanche on March 1, 2025. He signed with the Seattle Kraken four months later.
Lindgren could still leave a mark in another way, too, since part of the package New York received included the 2025 draft pick that became forward Malcolm Spence, one of their top prospects.
No. 56 was worn by Erik Gustafsson, who came in on a one-year deal in the summer of 2023 as the Rangers looked for more offensive punch on the back end. He delivered what they wanted, becoming just the second player in team history to wear the number and providing bottom-four offense while averaging about 17 minutes per game.
Gustafsson helped the Rangers win the Presidents’ Trophy in 2023-24 and reach the 2024 Eastern Conference Final, but Chris Drury did not re-sign him. He signed with the Detroit Red Wings in the summer of 2024 and joined the Los Angeles Kings in July.
No. 58 belongs to John Gilmour, whose Rangers time was short but notable. Called up from AHL Hartford in 2018, he played 28 games that season and became the first rookie defenseman in Rangers history to score an overtime goal, doing it against the Vancouver Canucks on Feb.
28, 2018. He spent almost all of the next season back in Hartford, signed with Buffalo in the summer of 2019, played four games for the Sabres and has been in Europe since 2020.
Gilmour remains the only Ranger to play more than one game in No. 58.
The latest name in the group is Scott Morrow, who wore No. 60 in 2025-26. He came to the Rangers in July 2025 as part of the trade return for K’Andre Miller, sent from the Carolina Hurricanes.
Morrow has speed and can move the puck, but his first season in New York was a disappointment, and he spent much of it in Hartford. The Rangers are hoping for a better second year.
He is the only Ranger to appear in an NHL game wearing No. 60.
Forward Alex Belzile was recalled from Hartford for a game against the Montreal Canadiens on Feb. 15, 2024, and listed in the press notes as wearing No. 60, but he ended up as a healthy scratch.
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