New York Rangers news, rumors and notes; May 22nd, 2017

All the latest news, rumors and notes about the New York Rangers from across the web, all in one place!

• It’s officially the dog days of May, where we wait around until the Stanley Cup Playoffs are over before the New York Rangers can begin to prepare their roster for the 2017-2018 season.
• This past season could very well have been the last for the team’s core. CBS New York’s Sean Hartnett wrote about it. Hartnett wrote about how Derek Stepan could be the first casualty of the core going forward.
• Regardless of his contract status, Stepan will only be 27 at the start of this upcoming season.