That's not a misprint, folks, the New York Rangers have signed Scott Gomez AND Chris Drury.

Gomez has signed a seven-year, $51.5 million contract, whilst Drury signed for five years, $35.25 millon. Suffice to say, the Rangers have scored the biggest coup of the 2007 UFA market in landing two of the top free agents on the market. .

Rangers GM Glen Sather was long believed interested in Gomez, who previously spent his NHL career playing across the Hudson River for the New Jersey Devils, one of the Blueshirts' biggest rivals.

That interest increased significantly when Rangers center Michael Nylander fired his agent and announced his intention of testing the UFA market.

Gomez benefited form his years with the Devils, blossoming into a solid two-way performer, but it's been long believed that his playmaking skills could be put to better use on a team that plays a more offensive style.

He'll get the opportunity to put that to the test with the Rangers, particularly with Jaromir Jagr, whose line Gomez is most likely to center.

Signing Gomez was news enough, but landing Drury as well makes the Rangers perhaps the biggest winners of this summer's UFA signing frenzy.

Drury was long rumored headed to either the LA Kings or San Jose Sharks, but the NY Post's Larry Brooks and NY Daily News' John Dellapina claimed prior to July 1st that playing for the Rangers was an intriguing prospect for the former Sabres co-captain.

He won't post up the potentially big numbers that Gomez may be capable of, but he's cemented a reputation as one of the best clutch players in the NHL. The Rangers got to see that first hand in this year's playoffs, when his last-second goal in Game Five of the Rangers-Buffalo Sabres series changed the direction of that series in favor of the Sabres.

Now, Drury will bring that clutch play and experience to the Rangers second line, where potential linemates could include Brendan Shanahan, Sean Avery or Petr Prucha. All should benefit from his presence.

In signing Gomez and Drury to such lengthy contracts, the Rangers have locked up two players that along with goaltender Henrik Lundqvist could provide the core around which this club will build in the future.

Jagr, Shanahan, and Martin Straka won't be with the Blueshirts for much longer. They're getting long in the tooth and will move on to other clubs or retirement in a year or two. The Rangers needed core forwards to take their place.

They got them in Gomez and Drury.