Rangers News: Eminger close to re-signing, Dubinsky not close and Rangers hit with bonus cap-hit

According to Larry Brooks, NY Post, the New York Rangers are very close to re-signing defenseman Steve Eminger to a new contract. Last season, Eminger, 27, scored two goals and four assists in 65 regular season games. He finished a minus-5 rating with 22 penalty-minutes.

Brooks also says that the Rangers are no where near re-signing RFA winger, Brandon Dubinsky, and that he is likely heading to salary-arbitration on Thursday. Dubinsky, 25, led the Rangers in points with 54 in 77 games last season. He also amassed 100-penalty minutes. He scored two goals and an assist in five playoff games.

UPDATE: The NY Daily News is reporting that the Rangers have put contract talks with RFA winger, Ryan Callahan on hold for the time being. Their biggest concern is signing Dubinsky prior to Thursday's arbitration hearing, the major topic of discussion between the Rangers and Dubinsky is contract length.

Finally, according to the Post and Cap-geek, the Rangers will receive $527,000 in bonus money counted against this year's salary-cap.

So, I guess this is good and bad news for the Rangers.

Eminger is familiar with the Rangers system, and he would make a quality seventh-defenseman for the team this season.

The Dubinsky news is obviously startling, and definitely not what anyone would like to hear, and we will have to wait and see what happens in the next two days.

The extra cap-hit does not seem to bad, but the Rangers probably aren't happy about it.

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