This morning the New York Rangers announced an organizational goaltender swap; as Spencer Martin has been called up, while Dylan Garand is headed back to AHL Hartford. The move is a natural one, as Jonathan Quick has landed on IR, with a lower-body injury sustained earlier this week .

Martin, 30, signed to a two-year deal earlier this month after starting the season in the KHL with CSKA Moscow. The Ontario native carved out a respectable career over the last nine professional seasons between the AHL and NHL, notching 66 games in the NHL, but it appeared he had run out of opportunities and was set to finish his career abroad. Instead, after 14 games with Moscow, his KHL contract was terminated. Now, even if temporarily, Martin finds himself back in the NHL wit

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