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This might be to facilitate a trade. It gives whoever acquires him assurance that he will be in the NHL next season. It also cost controls him, so the team who acquires him knows what he will cost.
With that said, the Rangers look like they are going to have a lot of turnover in the bottom half of their forward lineup. Maybe that helped influence him to return to the Rangers.