NHL Injury Update: New York Rangers place forward Matt Rempe on injured reserve after thumb procedure

The New York Rangers will play without their forward player, Matt Rempe, after coming back from the Olympic break, as the club has placed him on injured reserve. As per reports, the Rangers' towering forward Matt Rempe needs another procedure on his thumb and will land on injured reserve once the NHL season resumes. Reports suggest that Rempe is expected to miss several weeks, as reported by the New York Post's Mollie Walker from Milan.

In this season, Rempe has scored one goal in 26 games and played in 85 games since making his NHL debut in 2023-24. He has five goals and 11 points in his career, along with 11 penalty minutes and 86 hits while averaging 7:58 of ice time and posting a minus-4 plus/minus this season. Besides, the New York Rangers will return from the Olympic break sitting last in the Eastern Conference at 22–29-6, with 50 points. They will lock horns with the Philadelphia Flyers on February 26, 2026.

New York Rangers to play without Matt Rempe against the Philadelphia Flyers after the Olympic break

The New York Rangers are going to play without forward Matt Rempe on February 26 against the Philadelphia Flyers, as the club has placed Rempe on injured reserve due to a second procedure on his injured thumb.

As per reports, Rempe sustained the injury during a fight with Ryan Reaves of the San Jose Sharks earlier in the season, which caused Rempe to miss 24 games. He later revealed he had broken his thumb in “many places” and required surgery, forcing him to miss 24 games, including the entirety of November.


Though he returned in mid-December and played intermittently before the Olympic break, appearing in the Rangers’ final five games before the pause. But now the player will take more time to fully recover. Sharing the news on Twitter/X, Mollie Walker of the New York Post stated, “Some #NYR news from Milan: Matt Rempe will have another procedure done on his thumb. He is going on IR.”

Speaking about his thumb injury, Rempe stated, “You don’t realize how much a thumb impacts you. Like, any time I don’t catch a puck perfectly, it felt like a hot potato on my stick. And like stick battles, I was dropping my stick multiple times a game, and any stick battles, if someone’s stick-lifting me, that puck’s gone.”

According to the NHL, Matt Rempe has signed a two-year contract worth $1.95 million with the New York Rangers, with an average annual value of $975,000. Meanwhile, The Athletic's Peter Baugh reported that the Rangers have not completely ruled out Rempe for the remainder of the season yet.


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