Calvin de Haan says ‘it’s f–ked’ the way he’s been treated by Rangers

Their season is almost over, but the drama that has plagued the Rangers since the offseason is not.

Calvin de Haan had something to say on Sunday, until the veteran defenseman decided it would be best to wait until after Game 82 has passed.

Joining an existing pool of disgruntled players in the Rangers locker room this season, the team’s trade-deadline acquisition intentionally opened a dialogue with the media to presumably express his frustration with serving as a healthy scratch for the last 18 straight games.

The 33-year-old made a comment about the way he’s been treated by the Rangers.

“It’s f–-ked,” he quipped.

After confirming he wanted to talk before stepping onto the ice for an optional practice, de Haan had an animated conversation with a member of the Rangers PR staff when he came off that apparently changed his mind.

Calvin de Haan #44 of the New York Rangers has been outspoken about his displeasure with being kept out of the lineup after the team acquired him at the deadline.

The Rangers informed the media that de Haan would be waiting until the end of the season to talk.

“I said what I said because I am frustrated, and any competitor who says that they would be happy in this position would be lying to you,” de Haan wrote on X after the situation was reported. “After playing 3 games for the team and going 2-0-1 , I thought I maybe would have got an opportunity to jump into the lineup and help win some games.”

“Did I help win those games I played, maybe? Maybe not? But we still won and collected some crucial points to climb the standings. I understand the youth movement in the nhl, and I’m getting older in hockey years and I may not play every single night. I feel like I can still contribute and help teams win.”

The Post confirmed with de Haan directly that it was his decision to delay, which he confirmed and stated he wanted to get more information before talking.

Calvin de Haan (44) during a Rangers game on March 5, 2025.

It was clear, however, the Rangers did not want de Haan to say what he had to say.

“I’m not trying to be the villain or gain attention or throw shade on the organization, I would have preferred a scrum setting to chat about how my time with the rangers has gone,” he continued on the social media platform. “As a player you have to respect the lineup decisions whether you like them or not, it’s just been frustrating not being able to compete and do what I love to do. I hope everyone understands.”

The list of Rangers who have spoken out about their frustrations with management/coaching is uncomfortably long this season.

De Haan joins the since-traded ex-captain Jacob Trouba, the since-traded second-overall pick in 2019 Kaapo Kakko, the since-traded Jimmy Vesey, and Zac Jones in a collection of players who have spoken their unfiltered minds.

Trouba was on the first day of training camp, when the 31-year-old defenseman had to address the offseason headlines about him resisting a trade out of New York for the sake of his family.

New York Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette walks off the ice after their loss to the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center on April 12.

“It’s a rite of passage to get fired by MSG,” Trouba said after he was shipped to Anaheim in December.

Kakko did not mince words shortly after Trouba was traded, when the Finn called the organization out on its tendency to pick a young guy out of the lineup after he was scratched for the 2-0 loss in Nashville. He was traded to Seattle the very next day.

In January, Jones said he felt like he was “rotting away” after repeatedly getting taken out of the lineup over his time with the Rangers.

Former New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba was dealt to the Anaheim Ducks in December 2025.

Later that month, Vesey said he felt like he was “dying” while having “no role or purpose on this team” during a nine-game stretch of scratches.

He was traded, along with Ryan Lindgren and prospect Hank Kempf, to Colorado just over a month later in exchange for two conditional draft picks in 2025, Juuso Parssinen and de Haan.

Now de Haan, who has been with the Rangers for all of 44 days, becomes the latest to reveal his displeasure with the club.

Former New York Ranger Jimmy Vesey, now #26 on the Colorado Avalanche, checks Brandt Clarke #92 of the Los Angeles Kings in the first period at Crypto.com Arena on April 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

The Rangers as an organization, and president and general manager Chris Drury in particular, are going to have to take a long hard look in the mirror this offseason and evaluate how their actions contributed to the anger that seeped out of the room this season.

There have just been one too many players to write this off as an in-room problem only.