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Panarin? Shattenkirk? Rangers’ makeover can come in many forms

The Rangers could still look very different in another 10 days. But if they don’t, then general manager Jeff Gorton is just fine with the heavy lifting he has already done.

“I don’t feel like we need to do anything, to be honest with you,” Gorton said Saturday after one of the biggest drafts in the club’s history this weekend in Vancouver, British Columbia, having taken 18-year-old Finnish winger Kaapo Kakko with the No. 2-overall selection. Now the week-long free-agent “courting period” begins, when teams can talk to pending free agents before the market opens July 1.