Eeli Tolvanen scored 12 goals and 36 points for the Seattle Kraken in 2025-26. Steph Chambers / Getty ImagesSept. 1, 2026 Updated Sept. 2, 2026The New York Rangers have signed free-agent winger Eeli Tolvanen to a one-year deal, the team announced Wednesday. The contract is worth $1.5 million, according to a league source who spoke under the condition of anonymity to discuss details that are not yet public. PuckPedia was first to report the deal.Tolvanen, 27, has spent his 423-game career with the Nashville Predators and Seattle Kraken. He had 12 goals and 36 points in 78 games for Seattle last season and could bring some scoring punch to the Rangers’ middle six. He scored 23 goals in 2024-25, and the Rangers had interest in Tolvanen earlier this summer.
Tolvanen was also on Finland’s Olympic team, which won a bronze medal in February. He had a goal and two assists in five games at the tournament.Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury has now brought in Tolvanen, Pavel Dorofeyev, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Joe Veleno in an effort to rework his forward group.With Tolvanen in the fold, the Rangers’ forward group could look something such as:Pavel Dorofeyev – Mika Zibanejad – Alexis Lafrenière Gabe Perreault – J.T. Miller – Oliver BjorkstrandWill Cuylle – Noah Laba – Eeli TolvanenTye Kartye – Joe Veleno – Taylor RaddyshThe one-year deal could also make Tolvanen an option to flip at the trade deadline if the Rangers are out of the playoff mix.
