{"id":88650,"date":"2020-10-09T14:13:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T18:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=88650"},"modified":"2020-10-09T14:13:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T18:13:16","slug":"new-york-rangers-sign-keith-kinkaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/09\/new-york-rangers-sign-keith-kinkaid\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Rangers Sign Keith Kinkaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers<\/a> have signed goaltender <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kinkake01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keith Kinkaid<\/a><\/strong> for 2020-21. The deal is for two years and will carry an annual cap hit of just $875,000. Sirius XM&#8217;s NHL channel broke the news early Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS -The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NYR<\/a> have signed Keith Kinkaid to a two-year contract <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYRangers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NYRangers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLFreeAgency?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NHLFreeAgency<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa7: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TBsGg5uF9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/TBsGg5uF9f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SiriusXM NHL Network Radio (@SiriusXMNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiriusXMNHL\/status\/1314625466138087424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Rangers Sign Keith Kinkaid<\/h2>\n<p>Kincaid spend 2019-20 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_self\">Montreal Canadians<\/a> as one of the goalies responsible for backing up <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/priceca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carey Price<\/a><\/strong>. The veteran played in six games with an .875 save percentage and 4.24 goals-against average. Both of those figures were the worst of Kincaid&#8217;s career. He wasn&#8217;t much better with the AHL affiliate in Laval either. His adjusted goals-against was even worse at 4.59. Kincaid has fallen far from his peak in 2016-17 with the New Jersey Devils when he started in 23 games and posted a .916 save percentage and 2.64 goals-against.<\/p>\n<p>Kincaid was not drafted before signing with the Devils in 2011. He would help backstop New Jersey for six seasons before heading to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bluejackets\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> in early 2019 in exchange for a fifth-round selection in the 2022 Draft. The Canadiens <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/07\/01\/montreal-canadiens-to-sign-keith-kinkaid\/\" target=\"_self\">signed<\/a> before 2019-20 began but he obviously was only a spare body behind the durable Price. Overall, Kinkaid has appeared in 157 NHL games with a .905 save percentage and 2.95 goals-against-average. He can be a perfectly average third goaltender going into his age-31 season if expectations are low.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Kinkaid will probably help anchor New York&#8217;s AHL affiliate in Hartford. He&#8217;ll only be needed if someone gets hurt. The Rangers are already looking at one of the finest young goaltending duos in the NHL between <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/shestig01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Igor Shesterkin<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexandar Georgiev<\/a><\/strong>. Kinkaid is merely insurance if something happens to either of them.<\/p>\n<p>This is also a very smart move as the league approaches the Seattle expansion draft. With <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lundqhe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henrik Lundqvist<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/09\/henrik-lundqvist-signs-washington-capitals\/\" target=\"_self\">now<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/capitals\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington Capitals<\/a>, Kinkaid becomes the team&#8217;s obvious candidate to expose when the Seattle Kraken make their selections. They would have had to potentially expose Georgiev otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"EVy2V2wuQoVfpukMpthV0Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1201968585\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'EVy2V2wuQoVfpukMpthV0Q',sig:'egwNuLg5S0JusFC2paZ9SCLhvxdodbuimMXkyexti4s=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1201968585',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Rangers have signed goaltender Keith Kinkaid for 2020-21. The deal is for two years and will carry an annual cap hit of just $875,000. Sirius XM&#8217;s NHL channel broke the news early Friday afternoon. BREAKING NEWS -The #NYR have signed Keith Kinkaid to a two-year contract @NYRangers #NHLFreeAgency \ud83c\udfa7: https:\/\/t.co\/TBsGg5uF9f &mdash; SiriusXM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3127,"featured_media":88656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[4547,14,34,4548],"tags":[1868,48],"class_list":["post-88650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-rangers","category-news","category-nhl","tag-keith-kinkaid","tag-new-york-rangers"],"modified_by":"Josh Erickson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88650","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\/3127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}