The Rangers acquired Borgen from the Kraken on Wednesday along with a 2025 third-round draft pick and a 2025 sixth-round draft pick in exchange for Kaapo Kakko. Borgen has just one goal and one assist in 33 games this season with the Kraken but is expected to be able to provide a lot of valuable minutes on a thin Rangers blue-line.
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Borgen had reportedly been a trade target for the Rangers for quite some time but they had to pay a steep price to acquire his services, parting ways with the former second-overall pick of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft in Kakko. Borgen has just one goal and one assist in 33 games this season with the Kraken but is expected to be able to provide a lot of valuable minutes on a thin Rangers blue-line.
Borgan has three goals, 17 assists, 76 SOG, 47 PIMs and a +11 plus/minus through 82 games played with Seattle in 2022-23 and has signed a two-year, $5.4 million extension ($2,700,000 AAV) with Seattle. The 26-year-old defensemen broke out in 2022-23 after playing only 50 NHL games prior to the start of the season.
Borgen will not be available for Tuesday's game in Boston, so Connor Carrick was called up to the taxi squad in case they need him.
Borgen was a shot-blocking machine in Buffalo on Monday, so it's not surprising that he picked up a lower-body injury. Jeremy Lauzon will replace Borgen on Wednesday.
Borgen will be held out of the lineup for the second straight game as he continues to battle a minor undisclosed injury. The Sabres are hopeful that Borgen will be available for Saturday's game.
Borgen has played in four straight games but will be replaced by Colin Miller in the lineup on Tuesday.
Borgen was a healthy scratch on Sunday but will replace Colin Miller in the lineup on Tuesday. Borgen has no points and a minus-3 rating in six games this season.
Borgen has been out for two months after suffering a forearm fracture in late February but is set to play Thursday vs. the Bruins. Borgen, who is pointless in four games this season, will replace Colin Miller on the third pairing.