The New York Rangers have signed 29-year-old defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov to a seven-year contract with a $7 million annual cap hit. The top defenseman available is now off the board and heads to Broadway.

The New York Rangers have signed defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov to a seven-year, $49 million contract on Tuesday in their first big swing of free agency. Gavrikov, 29, had spent parts of the last three seasons with the Los Angeles Kings,