After short playoff run, Rangers stick with veteran core (Yahoo Sports)

''Now, obviously, there is going to be some changes,'' coach Alain Vigneault said a few days later. The direction he and general manager Jeff Gorton wound up deciding to take was mostly to give it another go with those good pieces. The big move was a trade of centers, sending Derick Brassard to Ottawa for Mika Zibanejad, who is quite a bit younger - and cheaper.