Rangers’ Braden Schneider underwent surgery to fix the injury bothering him for two years

Braden Schneider’s summer began earlier than any other Ranger so that the 23-year-old defenseman could address an injury that’s lingered for around two years now.

Sitting in a heavy-duty sling Monday afternoon at MSG Training Center, Schneider revealed that he underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his shoulder on April 17.

It’s an issue that popped up during the 2022-23 season and has progressively gotten worse, which is why he opted to take care of it now.

“It was sore for the first season,” he said. “Last year, I knew there was a tear in it. And then this year, they said it was pretty bad.”

Schneider will be in a sling for the next four weeks.

Once he hits the three-month mark, he can begin skating again.

He said he is very confident he’ll be ready to go by the start of training camp next season.

While the injury is something he could technically play with for the rest of his career, Schneider opted to play through it this season because he wanted to be part of the 2024-25 campaign, given how successful they were just a year ago.

It would have, however, put him at more risk for other issues down the road in his life if he continued to let it go untreated.

“It’s something that I obviously was able to play through,” said Schneider, who set a career high with 21 points (6 goals, 15 assists) in 80 games this season. “There were times where it would hurt and it would be tougher than other days. It’s something that, just given the circumstances of the way this year went and having the time we have now, it’s something I wanted to get fixed to help prolong my career and play at a level that I know I can bring a bit more physicality to our team and things like that.

“It’s more something that I wanted to get done to make sure that I’m better for next year and the rest of my time.”

As a player who takes pride in his physicality, Schneider was hesitant the more he thought about his injury. He simply didn’t want to deal with it anymore or let it affect his game anymore.

Adam Edstrom underwent surgery on his season-ending lower-body injury and has resumed skating.

He expects to be ready by the start of training camp next season.

“It’s tough,” he said. “I felt like we really got going there at the end, me, [Matt Rempe] and [Sam Carrick]. We found something really good. It’s always tough to miss time, but it’s one of those things that happens. It’s part of the sport, but I’m excited to come back strong.”

Gabe Perreault said he hasn’t fully decided where he’ll train this summer, but he is going back to Boston College to finish the semester after turning pro during his sophomore year.

“I think it definitely helps,” he said of his five games. “Obviously, played against some good teams. I think all five games I played in was all playoff teams, so I think getting the experience to see what it’s like a little bit definitely helps me going into training this summer, kind of knowing a little bit more about what to expect.”

Rempe’s last day in the Quick household is Tuesday, but the 6-foot-8 ½ forward plans to spend most of the summer in New York to train.

It sounded like he, Brett Berard, Chris Kreider and Jonathan Quick plan to train together.

“I’m going to go back to Calgary for two weeks and then come back out second week of May and be here for summer,” he said. “I think it’s the best thing for me again to do a ton of skills work and skating. I think that obviously helped me a lot last summer, so try to do that again.”