In case you missed it, and if you did, I’d like to know how you managed to isolate yourself from the world for this long, the Rangers traded Derek Stepan with Antti Raanta to Arizona for the 7th overall pick (Lias Andersson) and defense prospect Anthony DeAngelo. The Rangers freed up around $6.8 million in the trade and acquired a potential stud RHD, but opened up a huge hole in their top-two centers.
The prevailing logic is that Mika Zibanejad will be able to take Stepan’s minutes, and it’s a reasonable expectation.