{"id":621890,"date":"2026-07-13T21:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/621890\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:39:14","slug":"braden-schneider-rangers-avoid-arbitration-with-5-5-million-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/621890\/","title":{"rendered":"Braden Schneider, Rangers avoid arbitration with $5.5 million contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Braden Schneider and the Rangers avoided arbitration Monday, with the sides agreeing to a one-year deal worth $5.5 million in average annual value, according to The Post\u2019s Mollie Walker.<\/p>\n<p>Schneider, who was the Blueshirts\u2019 first-round pick in 2020 and who has been involved in trade rumors dating back to last season, became a restricted free agent when his two-year, $4.4 million deal expired and was reportedly set for an arbitration hearing July 29, and he\u2019ll be a restricted free agent next summer, too, according to PuckPedia.<\/p>\n<p>This whole process didn\u2019t lead to any long-term clarity between Schneider, who collected two goals and 18 points while skating in all 82 games last year, and the Blueshirts. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39971745\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2271226681.jpg\" alt=\"The Rangers and Braden Schneider avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $5.5 million contract.\" class=\"wp-image-39971745\"  \/>The Rangers and Braden Schneider avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $5.5 million contract. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>But, to this point, it also hasn\u2019t led to a new team, either \u2014 and the defenseman said at the end of last season that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/21\/sports\/potential-trade-piece-braden-schneider-would-love-to-remain-a-ranger\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he\u2019d love to remain with the Rangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think Braden is a really good young talented defenseman,\u201d president and general manager Chris Drury told reporters July 2. \u201cWe drafted him, developed him, we like the skill set and what he does for us. I know he, along with us, are just trying to do everything we can to be better and help him be better, but he\u2019s an exciting player and a terrific all-around high character person in our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They also<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/01\/sports\/where-rangers-new-look-defense-stands-after-frenzied-overhaul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> overhauled part of their blue line<\/a> once July 1 arrived, with Sean Durzi part of the return package in the Vincent Trocheck-Mammoth trade and Marcus Pettersson likely joining the Blueshirts\u2019 top-four after getting acquired from Vancouver. <\/p>\n<p>Will Borgen was also traded to the Bruins in exchange for a pair of draft picks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Braden Schneider and the Rangers avoided arbitration Monday, with the sides agreeing to a one-year deal worth $5.5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5169,5,35,4,550,43],"class_list":["post-621890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-braden-schneider","tag-hockey","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116914839033387825","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}