This core of Trouba, Panarin, Kreider, Zibanejad, Fox, K’Andre Miller, Igor Shesterkin among some other players have been around for a long time and really laid the groundwork for the Rangers to compete for the Stanley Cup, so it would be sad to see this year being their swansong.

New York Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba said Thursday “there’s no animosity” toward the organization following an offseason in which his name was prominently mentioned in trade rumors. “It’s part of the business of hockey,

Jones is the clear front-runner to fill the bottom-pair void left when Erik Gustafsson signed with Detroit, and while Laviolette praised the 23-year-old's work filling in for the injured Trouba last March, the coach is stressing competition among his D corps.