Tolvanen signs 1-year contract with Rangers

Forward had 36 points for Kraken last season

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Eeli Tolvanen signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the New York Rangers on Wednesday.

The 27-year-old forward had 36 points (12 goals, 24 assists) in 78 games for the Seattle Kraken last season, when he also had three points (one goal, two assists) in five games for Team Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympics to help it win bronze..

He joins a Rangers roster which added forwards Pavel Dorofeyev (trade), Oliver Bjorkstrand (free agency) and Joe Veleno (free agency) this offseason, as well as defensemen Sean Durzi and Marcus Pettersson (via trades).

Selected by the Nashville Predators in the first round (No. 30) of the 2017 NHL Draft, Tolvanen has 190 points (92 goals, 98 assists) in 423 regular-season games for the Predators and Kraken and nine points (four goals, five assists) in 21 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

New York plays its season opener at the Boston Bruins on Sept. 29 (8 p.m. ET; ESPN).

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