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(Top) 1 Off-season 2 Regular season 2.1 Final standings 3 Schedule and results 4 Player statistics 4.1 Scoring 4.2 Goaltending 5 Awards and records 5.1 Awards 5.2 Milestones 6 Transactions 6.1 Trades 6.2 Players acquired 6.3 Players lost 6.4 Signings 7 Draft picks 8 Notes 9 References

2003–04 New York Rangers season

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2003–04 New York Rangers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	13th Eastern
2003–04 record	27–40–7–8
Home record	13–21–3–4
Road record	14–19–4–4
Goals for	206
Goals against	250
Team information
General manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Glen Sather (Oct-Feb) Tom Renney (Feb-Apr)
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Brian Leetch (Oct-Mar) Jaromir Jagr (Mar-Apr) Eric Lindros
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,073 (99.3%)^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hartford Wolf Pack Charlotte Checkers
Team leaders
Goals	Bobby Holík (25)
Assists	Bobby Holik (31)
Points	Bobby Holik (56)
Penalty minutes	Matthew Barnaby (120)
Plus/minus	Matthew Barnaby (+15)
Wins	Mike Dunham (16)
Goals against average	Jussi Markkanen (2.56)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 78th season. The team finished with one of the worst records in the league and missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the seventh consecutive season despite bringing in future Hall of Famer Jaromir Jagr midway through the season. The team would eventually trade away most of its major acquisitions, including their long-time defensive stalwart Brian Leetch. This would prove to be the final season for team captain Mark Messier.

Off-season[edit]

On July 1, 2003, general manager Glen Sather announced he would remain the Rangers head coach.^[2]

Regular season[edit]

Glen Sather stepped down as head coach on February 25, 2004, to focus on his managerial duties. Assistant coach Tom Renney was named interim head coach.^[3] Sather would make nine trades between then and the March 9 trading deadline, shipping out several veteran players for draft picks and prospects.

Final standings[edit]

Atlantic Division^[4]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	40	21	15	6	229	186	101
2	6	New Jersey Devils	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
3	8	New York Islanders	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
4	13	New York Rangers	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference^[5]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	46	22	8	6	245	192	106
2	Y- Boston Bruins	NE	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
3	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	40	21	15	6	209	188	101
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
5	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
8.5
9	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	33	37	8	4	214	243	78
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	28	34	14	6	172	209	76
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	28	35	15	4	188	221	75
13	New York Rangers	AT	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	23	46	10	3	186	253	59
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results[edit]

2003–04 regular season^[6]

October: 3–3–2–0 (home: 3–1–2–0; road: 0–2–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
1	October 10	@ Minnesota Wild	5 – 3	0–1–0–0	Recap
2	October 11	@ Columbus Blue Jackets	5 – 0	0–2–0–0	Recap
3	October 16	Atlanta Thrashers	0 – 0 OT	0–2–1–0	Recap
4	October 18	Carolina Hurricanes	2 – 2 OT	0–2–2–0	Recap
5	October 20	Florida Panthers	3 – 1	1–2–2–0	Recap
6	October 25	Detroit Red Wings	3 – 1	2–2–2–0	Recap
7	October 28	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	3 – 1	2–3–2–0	Recap
8	October 30	Carolina Hurricanes	4 – 1	3–3–2–0	Recap

November: 6–5–3–2 (home: 3–2–0–2; road: 3–3–3–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
9	November 1	@ Montreal Canadiens	5 – 1	4–3–2–0	Recap
10	November 2	Colorado Avalanche	3 – 2 OT	4–3–2–1	Recap
11	November 4	Dallas Stars	3 – 0	5–3–2–1	Recap
12	November 6	@ Carolina Hurricanes	6 – 3	5–4–2–1	Recap
13	November 8	Philadelphia Flyers	2 – 1 OT	5–4–2–2	Recap
14	November 10	Edmonton Oilers	5 – 4	5–5–2–2	Recap
15	November 12	Pittsburgh Penguins	6 – 2	6–5–2–2	Recap
16	November 15	@ New Jersey Devils	5 – 0	6–6–2–2	Recap
17	November 16	@ Chicago Blackhawks	2 – 2 OT	6–6–3–2	Recap
18	November 18	@ San Jose Sharks	2 – 2 OT	6–6–4–2	Recap
19	November 20	@ Colorado Avalanche	4 – 3	6–7–4–2	Recap
20	November 23	Ottawa Senators	6 – 2	7–7–4–2	Recap
21	November 25	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	2 – 0	8–7–4–2	Recap
22	November 26	@ Florida Panthers	3 – 3 OT	8–7–5–2	Recap
23	November 28	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4 – 1	9–7–5–2	Recap
24	November 30	Toronto Maple Leafs	4 – 2	9–8–5–2	Recap

December: 6–5–0–1 (home: 2–2–0–1; road: 4–3–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
25	December 2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	5 – 4	9–9–5–2	Recap
26	December 4	@ New York Islanders	4 – 2	10–9–5–2	Recap
27	December 7	Tampa Bay Lightning	3 – 2	10–10–5–2	Recap
28	December 10	Montreal Canadiens	2 – 1	10–11–5–2	Recap
29	December 12	@ Buffalo Sabres	3 – 1	11–11–5–2	Recap
30	December 13	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3 – 1	11–12–5–2	Recap
31	December 18	New York Islanders	4 – 3	12–12–5–2	Recap
32	December 20	@ Ottawa Senators	3 – 1	12–13–5–2	Recap
33	December 22	Boston Bruins	4 – 2	13–13–5–2	Recap
34	December 26	Toronto Maple Leafs	6 – 5 OT	13–13–5–3	Recap
35	December 29	@ Phoenix Coyotes	3 – 2 OT	14–13–5–3	Recap
36	December 30	@ Los Angeles Kings	3 – 2 OT	15–13–5–3	Recap

January: 4–10–2–1 (home: 2–5–1–1; road: 2–5–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
37	January 1	@ St. Louis Blues	5 – 4	15–14–5–3	Recap
38	January 3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4 – 1	16–14–5–3	Recap
39	January 5	Calgary Flames	5 – 0	16–15–5–3	Recap
40	January 8	@ Carolina Hurricanes	3 – 2	16–16–5–3	Recap
41	January 10	@ New York Islanders	3 – 2	17–16–5–3	Recap
42	January 11	Tampa Bay Lightning	2 – 1 OT	17–16–5–4	Recap
43	January 13	New York Islanders	4 – 1	18–16–5–4	Recap
44	January 15	New Jersey Devils	3 – 3 OT	18–16–6–4	Recap
45	January 17	@ Montreal Canadiens	2 – 2 OT	18–16–7–4	Recap
46	January 19	@ Boston Bruins	5 – 2	18–17–7–4	Recap
47	January 20	Boston Bruins	4 – 1	18–18–7–4	Recap
48	January 22	Philadelphia Flyers	4 – 2	18–19–7–4	Recap
49	January 24	@ Ottawa Senators	9 – 1	18–20–7–4	Recap
50	January 26	Florida Panthers	5 – 2	19–20–7–4	Recap
51	January 28	Washington Capitals	2 – 1	19–21–7–4	Recap
52	January 30	Buffalo Sabres	3 – 1	19–22–7–4	Recap
53	January 31	@ Buffalo Sabres	3 – 1	19–23–7–4	Recap

February: 4–7–0–1 (home: 2–5–0–0; road: 2–2–0–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
54	February 2	Vancouver Canucks	4 – 3	20–23–7–4	Recap
55	February 4	Minnesota Wild	4 – 3	20–24–7–4	Recap
56	February 11	@ New Jersey Devils	3 – 1	21–24–7–4	Recap
57	February 12	Philadelphia Flyers	2 – 1	21–25–7–4	Recap
58	February 14	@ Philadelphia Flyers	6 – 2	21–26–7–4	Recap
59	February 16	Ottawa Senators	4 – 1	21–27–7–4	Recap
60	February 19	New York Islanders	6 – 2	22–27–7–4	Recap
61	February 21	New Jersey Devils	7 – 3	22–28–7–4	Recap
62	February 23	Montreal Canadiens	4 – 1	22–29–7–4	Recap
63	February 26	@ New York Islanders	6 – 3	23–29–7–4	Recap
64	February 28	@ Nashville Predators	2 – 1 OT	23–29–7–5	Recap
65	February 29	@ Atlanta Thrashers	3 – 2	23–30–7–5	Recap

March: 3–10–0–3 (home: 1–6–0–0; road: 2–4–0–3)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
66	March 2	Atlanta Thrashers	4 – 3	23–31–7–5	Recap
67	March 4	@ Boston Bruins	3 – 1	23–32–7–5	Recap
68	March 5	Washington Capitals	3 – 2	24–32–7–5	Recap
69	March 7	Pittsburgh Penguins	7 – 4	24–33–7–5	Recap
70	March 9	@ Atlanta Thrashers	2 – 0	25–33–7–5	Recap
71	March 12	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	5 – 2	25–34–7–5	Recap
72	March 13	@ Florida Panthers	3 – 2 OT	25–34–7–6	Recap
73	March 15	New Jersey Devils	3 – 1	25–35–7–6	Recap
74	March 18	@ Washington Capitals	4 – 3 OT	25–35–7–7	Recap
75	March 20	@ Philadelphia Flyers	3 – 0	25–36–7–7	Recap
76	March 21	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4 – 3 OT	25–36–7–8	Recap
77	March 23	Pittsburgh Penguins	5 – 2	25–37–7–8	Recap
78	March 25	Nashville Predators	4 – 2	25–38–7–8	Recap
79	March 27	@ Philadelphia Flyers	3 – 1	26–38–7–8	Recap
80	March 30	@ New Jersey Devils	5 – 0	26–39–7–8	Recap
81	March 31	Buffalo Sabres	4 – 3	26–40–7–8	Recap

April: 1–0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Recap
82	April 3	@ Washington Capitals	3 – 2 OT	27–40–7–8	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.

			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
16	Bobby Holik	C	82	25	31	56	4	96
11	Mark Messier	C	76	18	25	43	3	42
27	Alexei Kovalev‡	RW	66	13	29	42	−5	54
26	Martin Rucinsky‡	LW	69	13	29	42	13	62
2	Brian Leetch‡	D	57	13	23	36	−5	24
36	Matthew Barnaby‡	RW	69	12	20	32	15	120
88	Eric Lindros	C	39	10	22	32	7	60
93	Petr Nedved‡	C	65	14	17	31	−9	42
68	Jaromir Jagr†	RW	31	15	14	29	−1	12
37	Jan Hlavac	LW	72	5	21	26	−8	16
3	Tom Poti	D	67	10	14	24	−1	47
17	Chris Simon‡	LW	65	14	9	23	14	225
23	Vladimir Malakhov‡	D	56	3	15	18	−5	53
22	Anson Carter‡	RW	43	10	7	17	−12	14
29	Boris Mironov	D	75	3	13	16	1	86
4	Greg de Vries‡	D	53	3	12	15	12	37
21	Jamie Lundmark	C	56	2	8	10	−8	33
6	Darius Kasparaitis	D	44	1	9	10	11	48
74	Joel Bouchard	D	28	1	7	8	2	10
39	Dan LaCouture	LW	59	5	2	7	−13	82
51	Fedor Tyutin	D	25	2	5	7	−4	14
41	Jed Ortmeyer	RW	58	2	4	6	−10	16
44	Josh Green†	LW	14	3	2	5	0	8
20	Jozef Balej†	RW	13	1	4	5	0	4
22	Thomas Pock†	D	6	2	2	4	−4	0
23	Karel Rachunek†	D	12	1	3	4	−9	4
47	Mike Green†	C	13	1	2	3	0	2
28	Dominic Moore	C	5	0	3	3	0	0
5	Dale Purinton	D	40	1	1	2	−9	117
10	Sandy McCarthy†	RW	13	1	0	1	−8	2
25^[a]	Garth Murray	C	20	1	0	1	−5	24
15	Chad Wiseman	LW	4	1	0	1	−1	0
34	Jason LaBarbera	G	4	0	1	1		2
18	Cory Larose	C	7	0	1	1	−2	4
24	Chris McAllister†	D	12	0	1	1	−4	12
30	Mike Dunham	G	57	0	0	0		0
22	Benoit Dusablon	C	3	0	0	0	−1	2
12	Ken Gernander	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	2
25	Paul Healey‡	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0
38	Bryce Lampman	D	8	0	0	0	−4	0
43	Jason MacDonald†	RW	4	0	0	0	−1	19
40	Jussi Markkanen‡	G	26	0	0	0		0
33	Jamie McLennan†	G	4	0	0	0		0
28	Lawrence Nycholat	D	9	0	0	0	−2	6
24	Jamie Pushor†	D	7	0	0	0	−3	0
20	Pascal Rheaume†‡	C	17	0	0	0	−3	5
13	Richard Scott	LW	5	0	0	0	0	23
18	Mike Siklenka‡	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0
53	Layne Ulmer	C	1	0	0	0	−1	0
45	Steve Valiquette†	G	2	0	0	0		0

Goaltending[edit]

		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Mike Dunham	57	16	30	5	1522	159	3.03	.896	2	3148
40	Jussi Markkanen‡	26	8	12	1	611	53	2.56	.913	2	1244
33	Jamie McLennan†	4	1	3	0	97	12	2.96	.876	0	243
34	Jason LaBarbera	4	1	2	0	91	16	4.85	.824	0	198
45	Steve Valiquette†	2	1	1	0	71	6	3.00	.915	0	119

Awards and records[edit]

Awards[edit]

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Lester Patrick Trophy	John Davidson	^[7]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jaromir Jagr	^[8]
	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mark Messier	^[8]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Martin Rucinsky (November 24)	^[9]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Mark Messier (January 5)	^[10]
Team	Ceil Saidel Memorial Award	Mark Messier	^[11]
	"Crumb Bum" Award	Matthew Barnaby	^[12]
	Frank Boucher Trophy	Eric Lindros	^[11]
	Good Guy Award	Eric Lindros	^[12]
	Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award	Dominic Moore	^[12]
	Players' Player Award	Brian Leetch	^[12]
	Rangers MVP	Bobby Holik	^[12]
	Rookie of the Year	Jed Ortmeyer	^[11]
	Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award	Jed Ortmeyer	^[13]

Milestones[edit]

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	Jaromir Jagr	January 30, 2004	^[14]
1,000th game played	Bobby Holík	February 14, 2004	^[15]

Transactions[edit]

The Rangers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.^[16]

Trades[edit]

Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2003	ToSan Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2003	To New York Rangers Boston's 2nd-round pick in 2003 3rd-round pick in 2003	^[17]
June 22, 2003	To San Jose Sharks Previous considerations	To New York Rangers 6th-round pick in 2003	^[16]
June 30, 2003	ToEdmonton Oilers Rights to Brian Leetch	To New York Rangers Jussi Markkanen 4th-round pick in 2004	^[18]
June 30, 2003	To San Jose Sharks Rights to Mark Messier	To New York Rangers Future considerations^[b]	^[19]
August 12, 2003	To San Jose Sharks Nils Ekman	To New York Rangers Chad Wiseman	^[20]
January 23, 2004	ToWashington Capitals Anson Carter	To New York Rangers Jaromir Jagr	^[21]
January 23, 2004	ToColumbus Blue Jackets 8th-round pick in 2004	To New York Rangers Jamie Pushor	^[22]
March 2, 2004	ToMontreal Canadiens Alexei Kovalev	To New York Rangers Jozef Balej 2nd-round pick in 2004	^[23]
March 3, 2004	To Edmonton Oilers Jussi Markkanen Petr Nedved	To New York Rangers Steve Valiquette Rights to Dwight Helminen 2nd-round pick in 2004	^[24]
March 3, 2004	ToToronto Maple Leafs Brian Leetch Conditional draft pick	To New York Rangers Maxim Kondratiev Rights to Jarkko Immonen 1st-round pick in 2004 2nd-round pick in 2005	^[25]
March 6, 2004	ToCalgary Flames Chris Simon 7th-round pick in 2004	To New York Rangers Blair Betts Jamie McLennan Rights to Greg Moore	^[26]
March 8, 2004	ToPhiladelphia Flyers Vladimir Malakhov	To New York Rangers Rights to Rick Kozak 2nd-round pick in 2005	^[27]
March 8, 2004	ToColorado Avalanche Matthew Barnaby 3rd-round pick in 2004	To New York Rangers Chris McAllister Rights to David Liffiton 2nd-round pick in 2004	^[28]
March 9, 2004	ToOttawa Senators Greg de Vries	To New York Rangers Alexandre Giroux Karel Rachunek	^[29]
March 9, 2004	ToFlorida Panthers Paul Healey	To New York Rangers Jeff Paul	^[30]
March 9, 2004	ToVancouver Canucks Martin Rucinsky	To New York Rangers Martin Grenier Rights to R. J. Umberger	^[31]

Players acquired[edit]

Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)	Greg de Vries	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency	^[32]
July 25, 2003 (2003-07-25)	Chris Simon	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency	^[33]
July 28, 2003 (2003-07-28)	Paul Healey	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency	^[34]
July 30, 2003 (2003-07-30)	Brian Leetch	Edmonton Oilers	Free agency	^[35]
August 21, 2003 (2003-08-21)	John Jakopin	San Jose Sharks	Free agency	^[36]
August 28, 2003 (2003-08-28)	Jan Hlavac	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency	^[37]
August 28, 2003 (2003-08-28)	Martin Rucinsky	St. Louis Blues	Free agency	^[38]
September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05)	Mark Messier	San Jose Sharks	Free agency	^[39]
September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)	Jeff Heerema	Carolina Hurricanes	Waivers	^[40]
September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)	Shawn Heins	Atlanta Thrashers	Waivers	^[40]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Joel Bouchard	Buffalo Sabres	Waiver draft	^[41]
	Sheldon Keefe	Tampa Bay Lightning	Waiver draft	^[41]
	Mike Siklenka	Philadelphia Flyers	Waiver draft	^[41]
October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22)	Pascal Rheaume	New Jersey Devils	Free agency	^[42]
November 23, 2003 (2003-11-23)	Phil Osaer	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	Free agency	^[43]
December 11, 2003 (2003-12-11)	Jason MacDonald	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	Free agency	^[44]
January 10, 2004 (2004-01-10)	Jeff Heerema	St. Louis Blues	Waivers	^[45]
March 6, 2004 (2004-03-06)	Josh Green	Calgary Flames	Waivers	^[46]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)	Mike Green	Florida Panthers	Waivers	^[47]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)	Sandy McCarthy	Boston Bruins	Waivers	^[47]
March 23, 2004 (2004-03-23)	Thomas Pock	University of Massachusetts Amherst (HE)	Free agency	^[48]

Players lost[edit]

Date	Player	New team	Via^[c]	Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Mike Wilson	Phoenix Coyotes^[d]	Buyout	^[51]
July 22, 2003 (2003-07-22)	Vladimir Chebaturkin	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)	Free agency (VI)	^[52]
July 22, 2003 (2003-07-22)	Ted Donato	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)	^[53]
August 6, 2003 (2003-08-06)	John Tripp	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (VI)	^[54]
August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12)	Sandy McCarthy	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)	^[55]
September 4, 2003 (2003-09-04)	Mike Richter		Retirement	^[56]
September 8, 2003 (2003-09-08)	Ales Pisa	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)	Free agency (II)^[e]	^[58]
September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)	Dixon Ward	SC Rapperswil-Jona (NLA)	Free agency (III)	^[59]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Jeff Heerema	St. Louis Blues	Waiver draft	^[41]
	Shawn Heins	Atlanta Thrashers	Waiver draft	^[41]
	Ronald Petrovicky	Atlanta Thrashers	Waiver draft	^[41]
October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17)	Billy Tibbetts	San Diego Gulls (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[60]
October 24, 2003 (2003-10-24)	Sheldon Keefe	Tampa Bay Lightning	Waivers	^[61]
November 5, 2003 (2003-11-05)	Mike Siklenka	Philadelphia Flyers	Waivers	^[62]
November 19, 2003 (2003-11-19)	Dave Karpa	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	Free agency (III)	^[63]
January 16, 2004 (2004-01-16)	Sylvain Lefebvre	SC Bern (NLA)	Free agency (III)	^[64]
January 29, 2004 (2004-01-29)	Pascal Rheaume	St. Louis Blues	Waivers	^[65]

Signings[edit]

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30)	Dan LaCouture		Re-signing	^[66]
June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30)	Ronald Petrovicky		Re-signing	^[67]
July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17)	Jussi Markkanen		Re-signing	^[68]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	Richard Scott		Re-signing	^[69]
August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12)	Tom Poti	2-year	Arbitration award	^[55]
August 13, 2003 (2003-08-13)	Alexei Kovalev		Re-signing	^[70]
August 18, 2003 (2003-08-18)	Anson Carter	1-year	Re-signing	^[71]^[72]
September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03)	Boris Mironov		Re-signing	^[73]
September 8, 2003 (2003-09-08)	Dominic Moore		Entry-level	^[74]
September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12)	Jason LaBarbera		Re-signing	^[75]
September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12)	Lawrence Nycholat		Re-signing	^[76]
June 7, 2004 (2004-06-07)	Ryan Hollweg		Entry-level	^[77]

Draft picks[edit]

New York's picks at the 2003 NHL Entry DraftinNashville, Tennessee, at the Gaylord Entertainment Center.^[78]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Hugh Jessiman	RW	United States	Dartmouth College (ECAC)
2	50^[a]	Ivan Baranka	D	Slovakia	Spartak Dubnica Jr. (Slovakia Jr.)
3	75^[b]	Ken Roche	C	United States	St. Sebastian's School (USHS–MA)
4	122^[c]	Corey Potter	D	United States	Michigan State University (CCHA)
5	149	Nigel Dawes	LW	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
6	176^[d]	Ivan Dornic	C	Slovakia	Slovan Bratislava (Slovak Extraliga)
6	179^[e]	Philippe Furrer	D	Switzerland	SC Bern (NLA)
6	180^[f]	Chris Holt	G	Canada	US National Team Development Program (USA)
7	209	Dylan Reese	D	United States	Pittsburgh Forge (NAHL)
8	243	Jan Marek	F	Czech Republic	Oceláři Třinec (Czech Extraliga)

Draft notes^[79]

The New York Rangers' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a June 21, 2003 trade that sent a 2003 second-round pick and a 2003 third-round pick to the Rangers in exchange for this pick.
^a The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 21, 2003 trade that sent a 2003 second round pick to the Sharks in exchange for a 2003 third-round pick and this pick.
^b The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 21, 2003 trade that sent a 2003 second round pick to the Sharks in exchange for a 2003 second-round pick and this pick.
The New York Rangers' third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of an August 20, 2001 trade that sent Eric Lindros to the Rangers in exchange for Kim Johnsson, Pavel Brendl, Jan Hlavac and this pick.
The New York Rangers' fourth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a March 18, 2002 trade that sent Pavel Bure and a 2002 second-round pick to the Rangers in exchange for Igor Ulanov, Filip Novak, a 2002 first round pick, a 2002 second round pick and this pick.
^c The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 30, 2002 trade that sent Mike Richter to the Oilers in exchange for this pick.
^d The Calgary Flames' sixth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a January 22, 2003 trade that sent Mike Mottau to the Flames in exchange for a 2004 sixth-round pick and this pick.
^e The San Jose Sharks' sixth-round pick (originally New York Rangers) went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 22, 2003 trade that sent previous considerations to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.
^f The Los Angeles Kings' sixth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a July 16, 2002 trade that sent Derek Armstrong to the Kings in exchange for this conditional pick.
The New York Rangers' ninth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a June 23, 2002 trade that sent Krysztof Oliwa to the Rangers in exchange for future considerations (this pick).

Notes[edit]

^ Murray originally wore number 10 prior to McCarthy being acquired.

^ 4th-round pick in 2004^[16]

^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[49]

^ Wilson signed with Phoenix on September 23.^[50]

^ New York retained Pisa's NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.^[57]

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v t e 2003–04 NHL season
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See also	Draft Waiver Draft NHL Challenge All-Star Game Heritage Classic Bertuzzi–Moore incident Flyers–Senators brawl West Coast Express Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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