This was one of the craziest weeks for the New York Rangers in recent memory.
The team made no trades before the 2017 NHL expansion draft (including trying to cut a deal with Vegas), they lost Oscar Lindberg to expansion, traded Derek Stepan and Antti Raanta to Arizona, were rumored to have been trying to move up again in the draft, selected Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil in the 1st round, re-assigned Jeff Beukeboom within the organization and hired Lindy Ruff as an assistant coach, all while Jeff Gorton admitted the team was “re-building on the fly.