Regarding the Rangers, who somehow seem destined to compile a poorer post-deadline record than last year’s remnants of a team:
1. Despite playing for a coach in Alain Vigneault who was not terribly invested by that point and putting out a lineup that included defensemen Ryan Sproul, Rob O’Gara and John Gilmour and forwards David Desharnais and Paul Carey — a quintet that has not played a second of NHL hockey this season since Carey was sent to the AHL by Ottawa after five games — the Rangers went 7-9-3 after tearing the team asunder a year ago.