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Report: Rangers show interest in Malone

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MONTREAL, CANADA - APRIL 4: Ryan Malone #12 of the Tampa Bay Lightning reacts after crashing the net during the NHL game against the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre on April 4, 2012 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Canadiens defeated the Lightning 5-2. (Photo by Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images)

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With his DUI and cocaine possession issues now sorted, Ryan Malone is looking to get his career back on track -- and, according to the Minnesota Star-Tribune, he might have a suitor in the New York Rangers.

The Trib’s Mike Russo reports that the Rangers have spoken to Malone, who became an unrestricted free agent this summer following his buyout in Tampa Bay. The decision to amnesty Malone’s contract came a few months after he was arrested in late April for driving under the influence while carrying 1.3 grams of cocaine -- last week, Malone plead no contest to the DUI charge and agreed to a pre-trial intervention program for the possession charge.

Also last week, Malone’s agent -- Mike Liut -- said a couple of teams have expressed interest in the six-time 20-goal scorer and former U.S. Olympian. That the Rangers are one of those teams shouldn’t come as a huge surprise; the club is pressed up against the salary cap and has been adding veteran skaters on the cheap all offseason, inking the likes of Lee Stempniak, Chris Mueller and Matthew Lombardi for less than $1 million each.

Malone, 34, could join New York on similar terms and be reunited with a number of his ex-running mates, including former Tampa Bay Lightning forwards Dominic Moore and Martin St. Louis.