Too often the New York Rangers walk into the first day of free agency, climb the latter to the high dive, throw on a pair of goggles and try to make the biggest splash possible. Big names on the market are linked to the Rangers like a planet's gravitational pull on a passing meteorite. No one can control it, it's just something that happens.
This year it's different. Actually, this year is the start of a lot of things being different. Glen Sather officially stepped down from his post as general manager yesterday, replaced by Jeff Gorton who has long been in the wings waiting for this moment.