1. One aspect of the New York Rangers’ offseason that may have gone unnoticed is how the team’s leadership core has underdone drastic changes since being upset by the Ottawa Senators back in May. Dan Girardi was bought out and is now playing his trade down in Tampa, while Derek Stepan was shipped off to the hockey hotbed of Glendale, Arizona for 75 cents on the dollar. Of the five players who wore letters for the team last season, two of them have already moved on to greener pastures.
As for the other three, they’ve remained on shaky ground throughout the offseason.