As the intriguing New York Rangers’ off-season begins to gain steam in the press, as evidenced by this recent article by Larry Brooks of the New York Post, many potential strategies are being revealed and dissected by any and all interested parties. According to Brooks, Rangers management has indicated that there are only three untouchables in the organization currently, with Pavel Buchnevich, Henrik Lundqvist and Brady Skjei
being the three. Noticeably absent from the list is, well, everyone else. Derek Stepan—now rumored by Brooks to be potentially dealt to Minnesota in return for young d-man Jonas Brodin—Rick Nash (of course), Derrick Brassard, Mats Zuccarello, Ryan McDonagh and all of the meaningful RFA’s (Chris Kreider, Kevin Hayes and JT Miller) are all apparently expendable.