Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waChikumi 25, 2016, maRanger akawana Nick Holden kubva kuColorado Avalanche mukutsinhana ne2017 yechina-kutenderera dhizaini. Munguva yezhizha, maRanger akasayinazve J. T. Miller, Chris Kreider naKevin Hayes, nepo Dominic Moore, pakati pevamwe, vakaenda kuburikidza nehurumende yemahara. Musi waChikunguru 18, maRangers akatengesa mutambi wavo mukuru Derick Brassard uye 2018
kutenderera kwechinomwe kunosarudzwa kuOttawa Senators mukutsinhana naMika Zibanejad uye kutenderera kwechipiri kunosarudzwa kwe2018. Chikwata chacho chakasainawo Michael Grabner kuti ave nechibvumirano chemakore maviri uye kukoreji kunofungidzirwa zvikuru Jimmy Vesey kune makore maviri, chibvumirano chepamusoro. Mumwaka wakazotevera, maRanger akawana mapoinzi zana nemakumi maviri nemaviri uye akabata nzvimbo yepamusoro yekadhi remusango muEastern Conference. Ivo vaizopfuurira kukunda Montreal mumitambo mitanhatu muEastern Conference Round yekutanga asi vakawira kuOttawa Senators mumitambo mitanhatu mumutambo unotevera.