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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-17 · by Stephen Whyno The Associated Press
The New York Rangers, after finishing last in their division due to injuries and lack of depth, are making changes for the upcoming season. General Manager Chris Drury has acquired goal-scoring winger Pavel Dorofeyev, along with defensemen Sean Durzi and Marcus Pettersson, while trading Vincent Trocheck. These new additions have brought renewed optimism to the team as they begin training camp, aiming to improve from their 22nd-place ranking in goals per game last season. Players like Mika Zibanejad and Adam Fox express confidence that these changes will help them overachieve and surprise critics this year.
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The New York Rangers, who finished at the bottom of the Eastern Conference last season due to injuries to key players like goaltender Igor Shesterkin and defenseman Adam Fox, are looking to turn things around with significant roster changes this summer. General manager Chris Drury brought in new faces such as goal-scoring winger Pavel Dorofeyev, who scored 37 goals last season, and defensemen Sean Durzi and Marcus Pettersson. The Rangers also traded away Vincent Trocheck as part of these changes. With training camp starting on Thursday in Tarrytown, New York, there is renewed optimism among players like Mika Zibanejad, the team’s longest-tenured player entering his 11th season, who sees the influx of new talent as a positive influence for finding optimism again.
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There was not a lot of joy around the New York Rangers last season, when struggles at home mixed with injuries to prominent players sunk them to the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
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Missing franchise goaltender Igor Shesterkin and No. 1 defenseman Adam Fox for periods of time exposed a lack of depth, which general manager Chris Drury endeavored to fix as part of a busy summer of changes that included acquiring goal-scoring winger Pavel Dorofeyev and defensemen Sean Durzi and Marcus Pettersson and trading away Vincent Trocheck.
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that → miss → Trocheck
Those fresh faces are behind the renewed optimism around the Rangers as they opened training camp Thursday.
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they → renew → camp
“They come in with some positive life into this room,” said Mika Zibanejad, the team’s longest-tenured player, who is going into his 11th season with New York.
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who → come → York
”You get a set of new eyes to kind of see it in a different way, and you stop thinking about the negatives and you find the positives again that you had once seen when you came here.
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I think that’s a great impact with new players coming in.”
Dorofeyev scored 37 goals last season and 12 in the playoffs on Vegas’ run to the Stanley Cup Final after 35 in 2024-25.
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He’s in his prime with his 26th birthday in late October and should provide some offensive boost to a team that ranked 22nd in the NHL in goals a game.
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that → ’ → goals
Durzi and Pettersson upgrade the second pair behind Fox and Vladislav Gavrikov.
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Durzi → upgrade → Fox
Trocheck going to Utah likely makes Miller a full-time center in a retooled lineup that has the 33-year-old feeling good.
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old → go → lineup
“It’s a new year,” Miller said.
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Miller → ’ → ?
“I’m ready to turn the page from last year.
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It seemed like the season never ended.
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The Rangers have missed the playoffs two seasons in a row since going to the East final in 2024.
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Rangers → miss → 2024
Coaching was not to blame for things falling apart last year, and two-time Cup-winner Mike Sullivan being back behind the bench is reason for hope.
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being → blame → hope
As is a wide-open Metropolitan Division behind defending champion Carolina, with a whole lot of uncertainty hovering over rivals such as Pittsburgh and the crosstown Islanders.
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lot → defend → Pittsburgh
Outside expectations are not high, but players believe they can overachieve and surprise the doubters.
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“We’ve always been a confident group in what we could do,” Fox said.
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“I think we trust the talent we have.”
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we → think → talent
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