{"id":139004,"date":"2023-07-01T13:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T17:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=139004"},"modified":"2023-07-01T13:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T17:24:54","slug":"blake-wheeler-set-to-join-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/01\/blake-wheeler-set-to-join-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Wheeler Set To Join Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Rangers have signed Blake Wheeler<\/a> to a one-year contract. Additionally, the one-way contract carries an average annual value of $800,000 and $300,000 in signing bonuses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wheeler Finds New Home Following Buyout<\/span><\/h2>\n

Wheeler provides quality offensive depth for his new team. He scored 16 goals and 39 assists for 55 points in 72 games last season. During his career, Wheeler has notched 312 goals and 610 assists for 922 points in 1,118 games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wheeler didn\u2019t anticipate negotiating a new contract via free agency this summer. Then, the Jets bought out the final year of his contract on Friday. While his ending in Winnipeg was rough, he has a lot to look forward to in the Big Apple.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wheeler\u2019s Passing and Special Teams Abilities<\/span><\/h3>\n

Wheeler\u2019s 100 power-play points over the past five seasons boast an impressive resume. This total ranks 39th best amongst the entire NHL. In addition, Wheeler ranks 15th in primary assists in all situations over the past five seasons with 141. <\/span><\/p>\n

Wheeler\u2019s vision makes him a candidate for the right circle. He displays his hockey IQ through his ability to time the curl toward the defenceman quarterbacking to receive a pass in stride. From there, Wheeler can fire a cross-ice pass, move it down low, or shoot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blake Wheeler\u2019s Role With New York<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Rangers has lacked consistent scoring at even strength over the past few seasons. While it\u2019s unlikely the once 90-point scorer returns to peak form, Wheeler provides a cost-effective scoring punch for the Rangers middle-six forward group. A potential fit is a third-line scoring threat next to Vincent Trocheck<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s crucial for Head Coach, Peter Laviolette<\/a> to play Alexis Lafrierene and Kaapo Kakko<\/a> in the top-six. In case the kids don\u2019t work out in this role, Wheeler can easily slot in as a second-line winger. Bringing in Wheeler ends Vladimir Tarasenko<\/a> and Patrick Kane<\/a>\u2019s tenure in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Photo: Nick Wosika-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n

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The New York Rangers have signed Blake Wheeler to a one-year contract. Additionally, the one-way contract carries an average annual value of $800,000 and $300,000 in signing bonuses.\u00a0 Wheeler Finds New Home Following Buyout Wheeler provides quality offensive depth for his new team. He scored 16 goals and 39 assists for 55 points in 72 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3765,"featured_media":139022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,34,4548],"tags":[361,299,1252,716],"class_list":["post-139004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rangers","category-news","category-nhl","tag-blake-wheeler","tag-patrick-kane","tag-vincent-trocheck","tag-vladimir-tarasenko"],"modified_by":"Colton Osmond, Dept Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3765"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}