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New York Rangers’ complete off-season plan 2017

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May 1, 2017; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Washington Capitals defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk (22) moves the puck ahead of Pittsburgh Penguins center Matt Cullen (7) during the first period in game three of the second round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the PPG PAINTS Arena. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
May 1, 2017; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Washington Capitals defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk (22) moves the puck ahead of Pittsburgh Penguins center Matt Cullen (7) during the first period in game three of the second round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the PPG PAINTS Arena. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
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Apr 9, 2017; New York, NY, USA; New York Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh (27) looks to pass the puck during the third period against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 9, 2017; New York, NY, USA; New York Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh (27) looks to pass the puck during the third period against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

The finished product

While this off-season will require the team making a lot of moves, the roster will look very similar to what it looked like last season. This might not be a bad thing. Continuity can be a very good thing for a young team like the Rangers. It’s not something they have really had all around thier lineup over the years, so it would be a nice change of pace.

So if all of this goes according to plan, the Rangers lineup would look like this:

Forwards

Mats Zuccarello–Derek Stepan–Rick Nash

Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Pavel Buchnevich

J.T. Miller–Kevin Hayes–Jimmy Vesey

Michael Grabner–Oscar Lindberg–Jesper Fast

Extras: Matt Puempel-Boo Neives-Tommy Wingels

Defense

Ryan McDonagh-Kevin Shattenkirk

Brady Skjei–Brendan Smith

Alexi Bereglazov-Marc Staal

Extra: Adam Clendening

Next: Roundtable: Predicting what the defense will look like in 17-18

Goalies

Henrik Lundqvist

Darcy Kuemper

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