It was time to move on, Alexander Frolov said, and the Rangers were all too happy to scoop up a player with all the tools to add some of the scoring punch they’ve so desperately needed in recent years. Frolov and the Rangers put the finishing touches on a one-year, $3 million contract Tuesday.

The Rangers were nearing a deal to bring gifted but enigmatic free agent winger Alexander Frolov to Broadway on Monday night. Frolov, 28, earned $4M from the Kings last season and scored a disappointing 19 goals, his lowest total since his rookie season.

Hours after wrapping up a contract to keep restricted free agent Dan Girardi in a Blueshirt for the next four seasons, Glen Sather acquired another defenseman, Steve Eminger of the Anaheim Ducks, in exchange for Aaron Voros and minor-league winger Ryan Hillier.

With cap space in short supply but needs aplenty, Glen Sather bucked his flashy trend and settled on two new players and two return engagements - the new guys are a backup goaltender and an 18-wheeler for the Rangers’ fourth line.

If you can still hear yourself think above the din of New Yorkers begging LeBron James to take Jim Dolan’s money, spare a thought for the hockey players who hit free agency at noon Thursday, a class that is about as thin in star power as the NBA’s is bloated.

Day 2 of prospects camp at the Rangers’ practice rink on Tuesday saw a little of everything from 21-year-old Mikhail Pashnin, not least of all his natural proclivity toward contact and the persistent flash of a mischievous smile.

One day after spending his top pick, 10th overall, on bruising defenseman Dylan McIlrath, Glen Sather pulled the plug on another former No. 1 defenseman and described “a chasm” in contract negotiations with a third.

No matter what Taylor Hall says, no one at Staples Center Friday night was surprised when the Edmonton Oilers made him the No. 1 pick of the 2010 NHL draft. Instead, it was up to the Rangers to provide one of the bigger bombshells of the first round.

Rangers center Artem Anisimov underwent successful surgery on his right wrist Tuesday in Manhattan, and is expected to make a full recovery in four-to-six weeks. He injured it playing for Russia in May’s World Championships.

Happy Anniversary, New York. Tuesday marks 10 years since Glen Sather took hold of the unfettered reins of the Rangers as GM and president amid all that fanfare and hope of a franchise rebirth. That’s 3,653 days under Slats, one entire decade of … how to put this?