The New York Rangers have signed 29-year-old defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov to a seven-year contract with a $7 million annual cap hit. The top defenseman available is now off the board and heads to Broadway.

Gavrikov, 29, signed a contract for $49 million over 7 years with the New York Rangers on Tuesday, leaving the Kings with a gaping hole in their defense corps above the one left by the trade of Jordan Spence to the Ottawa Senators for draft picks last Saturday.

The Rangers have signed Vladislav Gavrikov, considered to be the top defenseman available in free agency, to a seven-year, $49 million contract extension, sources told ESPN.