The 31-year-old defenseman has eight points (three goals, five assists) and a plus-4 rating while averaging 17:13 of ice time in 46 games this season. Entering Monday, he was third on the Rangers in blocks (66), tied for fourth in takeaways (14), and seventh in hits (71) and short-ice time per game (1:41).
Soucy is in the final season of a three-year, $9.75 million contract ($3.25 million average annual value) he signed with the Vancouver Canucks on July 1, 2023, and can become an unrestricted free agent after this season. He was acquired by New York in a trade with Vancouver on March 6, 2025.
Monday’s trade comes less than two weeks after general manager Chris Drury announced in a public letter to the Rangers fanbase that the team would begin restructuring its roster. The Rangers (22-25-6), who are 3-9-2 in their past 14 games, are last in the Eastern Conference with 50 points.
“Given our position in the standings and the injuries to key players this season, we must be honest and realistic about our situation,” Drury wrote on January 16. “We won’t just sit around and take a shift. A shift will give us the opportunity to be smart and opportunistic in restructuring the team. This won’t be a rebuild. This will be a retool built around our core players and prospects.”
Soucy was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the fifth round (No. 137) of the 2013 NHL Draft and has 95 points (30 goals, 65 assists) in 411 regular season games for the Wild, Seattle Kraken, Canucks and Rangers. He also has seven points (two goals, five assists) in 38 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
The Islanders (28-19-5), who are third in the Metropolitan Division, are currently without key defensemen Ryan Pulock And Alexander Romanov. Pulock missed the past two games due to an upper-body injury. Romanov has not played since November 18 due to a shoulder injury that required surgery. At the time of the surgery, he was expected to be out for five to six months.
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