Rangers extend Dylan Garand, bolstering Hartford's goaltending depth
Garand's two-year extension keeps Hartford's backbone in net and gives New York a 24-year-old goalie who went 2-0-1 in three NHL games, a first since Henrik Lundqvist.
The Rangers did more than lock up Dylan Garand for two more years. They kept Hartford’s developmental anchor in place and preserved a low-cost, homegrown goalie option that already flashed NHL value in limited work this spring.
New York agreed to terms with the 24-year-old left-catching netminder on June 21, extending the 6-foot-1, 185-pound Victoria, British Columbia, native after a one-year deal last June. Drafted in the fourth round, 103rd overall, in 2020, Garand now sits as one of the clearest in-house pieces in the organization’s goalie pipeline, a player Hartford can lean on while the Rangers maintain affordable depth behind their NHL crease.
His brief NHL sample in 2025-26 was hard to ignore. Garand made three appearances and went 2-0-1 with a 1.62 goals-against average and a .948 save percentage. He stopped 35 shots in his debut March 22 against Winnipeg, turned aside 27 of 28 on March 27 against Chicago for his first NHL win, and added another appearance April 15 at Tampa Bay. The Rangers also noted that the team earned at least one standings point in each of his first three games, something no Rangers rookie goalie had matched since Henrik Lundqvist in 2005-06.
The AHL record is what makes the extension more than a call-up insurance move. Garand played 36 games for the Hartford Wolf Pack last season, going 16-15-2 with a 2.83 GAA and a .896 save percentage. He won six of his final nine starts and allowed more than two goals only once in that stretch, evidence that the Wolf Pack were getting steadier work as the season wore on. In 148 career AHL games, all with Hartford, he owns a 65-57-18 record, a 2.90 GAA, a .901 save percentage and nine shutouts.
That resume carries weight in Hartford. Garand represented the Wolf Pack in the 2025 AHL All-Star Challenge, posted a 10-7 record in 17 Calder Cup Playoff games, and helped power Hartford’s upset of Charlotte in the 2024 playoffs with a .954 save percentage and 1.61 GAA over nine games. He also owns the CHL Goaltender of the Year award from his final junior season with Kamloops, gold and silver medals from the World Junior Championship, and a shutout in his first game at the 2025 IIHF World Championship. For a Rangers system that has brought through Igor Shesterkin, Will Cuylle and Matt Rempe via Hartford, Garand’s extension is a bet on continuity, not just depth.
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