Anton Blidh
Anton Blidh was placed on waivers by the Rangers on September 25, 2026, per RotoWire and Pro Hockey Rumors, and is expected to report to AHL Hartford if he clears, so he enters the season as a non-factor for New York's opening lineup barring a recall.
Role
In New York's September 21 preseason opener against New Jersey, Blidh skated on a bottom line with Glenn Gawdin and Liam Greentree, per a lineup shared by beat reporter Vince Mercogliano and relayed by SI.com, but that was an exhibition grouping, not a settled roster spot. Four days later the Rangers put him on waivers alongside Gawdin, Marc Del Gaizo and William Trudeau while assigning several younger prospects outright to Hartford (Blueshirt Banter, checked around September 25). If he clears waivers, RotoWire reports he is expected to report to the Hartford Wolf Pack, where he'd resume a fourth-line, penalty-killing type role and could still be recalled to New York's fourth line or as an extra forward later in the season, as happened multiple times last season.
He is a known, low-cost NHL-caliber energy forward who has been recalled repeatedly by the Rangers in each of the last few seasons for fourth-line and penalty-killing minutes whenever the big club needed a physical body, so a path back to NHL games exists if injuries hit New York's bottom six.
He was waived on September 25, 2026, has no clear path to an opening-night NHL roster spot behind the forwards ahead of him in camp, and last season managed only one assist in four NHL games while playing the bulk of his season (64 games) in the AHL, suggesting he is now firmly a depth/waiver-wire tweener rather than a rostered NHL forward.
Where analysts split
There is no real analyst disagreement here: the reporting agrees he is a waiver-wire depth forward whose most likely destination is AHL Hartford to start the season, with an NHL recall possible only if New York's forward group is hit by injuries.
Research confidence: reported. Outlooks are grounded in web search over current reporting and refreshed through the season.
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