The Hartford Wolf Pack, the AHL affiliate of the New York Rangers, have signed unrestricted free agent goaltender James Reimer to a professional tryout agreement on Thursday.
The Rangers are dealing with the injuries at the goaltending position. Franchise goaltender Igor Shesterkin is out for the season after suffering a knee injury on Oct. 9.
Dylan Garand, 24, is currently the starter while Joonas Korpisalo remains on the injured reserve with a lower-body.
Reimer, 38, joined the Ottawa Senators midway through the 2025-26 season and went 7-4-1 with a 2.42 goals-against average and an .886 save percentage. He did not appear in the team’s four-game loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the playoffs.
The 6-foot-2 netminder is coming off a one-year, $850,000 contract.
Drafted 99th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2006, Reimer has a career 232-191-67 record with a .909 save percentage and 2.88 GAA split between the Maple Leafs, San Jose Sharks, Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Detroit Red Wings, Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres, and Senators.
The Morweena, Man., native represented Canada twice at the World Championship in 2011 and 2015, finishing fifth on both occasions.