Ben Harpur had to think long and hard, as well as consult with his family, before he accepted his second professional tryout of the season in October.
There was even less security in signing one with the Rangers’ AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, and the 27-year-old blueliner had to start over in his quest to prove himself to another NHL club. It didn’t work out in his first PTO with the Blue Jackets, which was a team Harpur thought he would fit into with his style of play.
“I finished in Nashville and knew I wasn’t going to re-sign there. I talked to a few teams early on, kind of just a waiting game and nothing ended up coming of that. I remember, I think it was like a week before training camps opened, and I still didn’t have a deal. I talked to a couple teams and New York was actually one of them.
Harpur was warming up for a game with the Wolf Pack when he was informed he was getting called up to the varsity club. The move corresponded with the demotion of fellow defenseman, Zac Jones, who couldn’t take hold of the sixth defenseman role while getting pulled in and out of the Rangers lineup.
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