It’s safe to say that Calvin de Haan is ready for the 2024-25 season and his time with the New York Rangers to be over.
The Rangers traded for de Haan from the Colorado Avalanche on Mar. 2 in a deal that included Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey.
The 33-year-old defenseman played in just three games for the Rangers as he was scratched out of the lineup for the vast majority of his tenure with the Blueshirts thus far.
Clearly, de Hann did not take getting benched too lightly.
According to Mollie Walker of The New York Post, de Haan said "something to the effect of, 'How about the way I've been treated here? It's f--ked,'" when walking past the media Sunday.
He also claimed that he would be "very transparent" to the media about the whole situation.
The veteran defenseman posted his grievances via X shortly after this brief conversation with the media became public, expressing his displeasure for getting scratched out of the lineup for multiple weeks.
“Going to get ahead of this now,” de Hann wrote…
“I was hoping that I would have been able to express in a scrum setting versus a quote as I was going onto the ice and having it on the Internet 30 seconds later. I said what I said because I am frustrated , and any competitor who says that they would be happy in this position would be lying to you. After playing 3 games for the team and going 2-0-1 , I thought I maybe would have got an opportunity to jump into the lineup and help win some games
“Did I help win those games I played, maybe? Maybe not? But we still won and collected some crucial points to climb the standings. I understand the youth movement in the nhl, and I’m getting older in hockey years and I may not play every single night. I feel like I can still contribute and help teams win. I know I’m not going to play 20 minutes a night in the role I’ve been in the past few years , but again I feel like I can still keep up and help a team in certain facets of the game.
“I’m not trying to be the villain or gain attention or throw shade on the organization , I would have preferred a scrum setting to chat about how my time with the rangers has gone. As a player you have to respect the lineup decisions whether you like them or not, it’s just been frustrating not being able to compete and do what I love to do. I hope everyone understands.”
After discussing it over with Rangers PR, de Haan said that he’d prefer to talk about how he’s been treated after the season ends.