Ulf Samuelsson is returning to New York.

The one-time Blueshirts’ defenseman is joining Alain Vigneault’s staff as an assistant coach and is expected to be on the job Monday when the Rangers’ prospects’ camp opens.

Samuelsson, who spent the last two seasons as head coach of Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elite League following four seasons as assistant coach of the Coyotes and one year as assistant of the AHL Wolf Pack, will be responsible for overseeing the defense.

Vigneault, who met with Samuelsson on Saturday and Sunday, is expected to name an additional assistant who would be responsible for the power play. That could be Newell Brown, who had that responsibility on Vigneault’s staff in Vancouver.

Samuelsson, known as one of the meanest hombres around during his 16-year NHL career, spent nearly four seasons with the Rangers from 1995-96 through late 198-99, arriving in the regrettable deal with Pittsburgh in which Sergei Zubov and Petr Nedved went to the Penguins in exchange for Samuelsson and Luc Robitaille.