Here are six Rangers points as the team continues to make headlines.
1. IGGY 101: Not only has Shesterkin broken the MSG Bank, but his eight-year contract comes with a No-Movement Clause. Which means that if he somehow stinks out the joint, we're stuck with this guy 'til the cows come home!
2. MAULING MIKA: Guess who's the latest to rip a new inner ear out of Zibanejad? None other than Sean Avery. The "Old Disturber" says, "Mika looks like me when I'm 12 beers deep playing pond hockey with my fellas!"
3. MORE MIKA UGH!: My infallible V.P. Of Important Stuff, Jess Rubenstein, says, "Mika has a NMC until the 2029-30 season. However the Rangers can buy out his contract after the 2026--27 season. But they'll carry dead money on the contract until the 2034-2035 season." (WAKE UP, MAGICAL Z!)
4. SCOUTING REPORT ON E.J. EMERY: The 2024 First Round D-Man pick "Plays a great defense but his offense is non-existent."
5. VETERAN RANGERS FAN DUMPS ON DRURY: Legendary Chatham, New Jersey high school coach Hutch Cohen offers this: "No one would want to sign a 'No Trade' contract with Chris Drury because of the distrust they would have for him and the possibility of threatening them as he did with Jacob Trouba."
6. BRADY TKACHUK FOLLIES: No matter what you read or hear, the only place Ottawa's captain is going is to the Senators' dressing room. But if the Rangers do go big with a trade, I still say that Drury will have to make Alexis Lafreniere part of the exchange.