After losing in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final last season, the New York Rangers entered the offseason with one major question, what would they do at second-line center? The Rangers had Ryan Strome and Andrew Copp as UFAs who had played on the team and they knew what they could provide. They could give Filip Chytil the chance to show if he could be a second-line center after having a great post-season.
With all of these options on the team, the Rangers decided to bring in an outside option. They opted to let Copp and Strome walk as free agents and signed Vincent Trocheck to a seven-year deal worth $5.