"The Rangers are officially entering a retool. Artemi Panarin will be the first domino to fall, and he seems to be on board with the plan. The players with no-move clauses that are "forced" into the core seem to be on board too. So now it's a matter of how bad the Rangers bottom out at the end of the season, and whether Chris Drury can thread the needle on this retool. He's following the Washington Capitals method, but the Caps lucked into who became available. So who will become available for Drury to target?"
"Oh? There's a game? Right the Rangers are in Philadelphia today. Rangers Lines Gabe Perreault-Mike Zibanejad-JT MillerArtemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis LafreniereBrennan Othmann-Noah Laba-Will CuylleTaylor Raddysh-Sam Carrick-Jonny Brodzinski Vlad Gavrikov-Braden SchneiderMatthew Robertson-Will BorgenConnor Mackey/Urho Vaakanainen-Scott Morrow Jonathan Quick gets the start. Flyers Lines Nikita Grebenkin-Christian Dvorak-Travis KonecnyTrevor Zegras-Noah Cates-Owen TippettMatvei Michkov-Sean Couturier-Denver BarkeyCarl Grundstrom-Rodrigo Abols-Garnet Hathaway Travis Sanheim-Cam YorkJamie Drysdale-Emil AndraeNick Seeler-Noah Juulsen Aleksei Kolosov gets the start. Game time is 1230pm."
The New York Rangers are initiating a team retool, with Artemi Panarin slated to be the first major move. Several players holding no-move clauses will remain in a protected core and appear willing to accept that role. The extent of the roster decline late in the season will determine draft positioning and asset value. General manager Chris Drury plans to navigate a Capitals-style retool but may not find the same fortunate availability of players. Immediate priorities include extracting value, identifying realistic trade targets, and balancing short-term competitiveness with long-term roster improvement.
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