Taylor Raddysh’s latest run with the New York Rangers was over almost as soon as it began.
The former Washington Capitals forward has been assigned to the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack after appearing in just six games during his most recent stay with New York. Raddysh had been back on the Rangers’ NHL roster since Oct. 16, when he was recalled from Hartford, but the brief look ended with only one assist to show for it. That helper came in a 5-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks in his second game.
Raddysh, 28, spent the 2024-25 season in Washington and filled the kind of bottom-six role teams lean on over the course of an 82-game schedule. He played in 80 regular-season games for the Capitals, finishing with seven goals and 20 assists for 27 points, then added one assist in seven playoff games.
It wasn’t a loud season, but it was a useful one.
His best offensive stretch still came in Chicago, where he spent parts of three seasons with the Blackhawks. During the 2022-23 campaign, Raddysh put together a career year with 20 goals and 17 assists for 37 points in 78 games. He has not reached 10 goals in a season since.
That gap tells the story of where he’s settled in as a player: not as a regular scoring threat, but as a dependable depth forward who can fill a role when called upon.
For now, though, his path points back to Hartford, with the possibility of more shuttling between the AHL and NHL if the Rangers need him again.
In a corresponding move, New York recalled 23-year-old forward Jaroslav Chmelař, who has two goals and two assists in seven games with the Wolf Pack this season.
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