The New York Rangers lose 4-2 to the Ottawa Senators and are eliminated in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Losing to the Senators — a team they were thought to be better than — was a tough blow for the Rangers. They once again finished in the middle, as they made the postseason, but couldn’t make a deep enough run.
June 14, 2017
The Rangers buyout the remaining years of Dan Girardi’s contract.
A contending team needs to squeeze every last bit of cap space they have, and that $5.