There’s a Moose alert. The Rangers have invited Johan Hedberg to tryout at training camp. Daily News Rangers beat writer Pat Leonard broke the story this afternoon on Twitter.

With backup Marty Biron tending to a personal matter, the ex-Devil goalie signed a PTO with the Blueshirts. The 40-year old Hedberg spent the past three seasons in Newark splitting time with Martin Brodeur. He put up respectable numbers the first two years before struggling in 2013. What makes the move odd is that Katie Strang later reported that Biron could be back by tomorrow. Unless the Rangers want an extra security blanket for Henrik Lundqvist in an Olympic year, it’s interesting.

When’s the last time a former Devil netminder wound up here? You have to go back to the Dark Ages when Glen Sather traded away Marek Zidlicky to Nashville for Mike Dunham. At the time, Mike Richter went down. Dunham performed admirably in ’02-03 but was a bust the following season. Since the Devils and Rangers never make trades, this is the closest the two Hudson rivals will ever get. At the very least, Hedberg gets one last shot.