Winds of change coming to Rangers

Change is coming to the New York Rangers, and it probably Derek Holland Jerseywill hit the core group that carried the team deep into the Stanley Cup playoffs the past two seasons. It's the price of failing miserably when expectations are high. After reaching the Stanley Cup Final in 2014 and making the Eastern Conference Final last year, coach Alain Vigneault felt Ryan McDonagh, Henrik Lundqvist, Dan Girardi, Rick Nash, Marc Staal, Derek Stepan, Derick Brassard and Mats Zuccarello had one more chance to grab the Cup. His hopes were buoyed by the addition of Eric Staal at the trading deadline. While the group got http://www.officialmlbrangersshop.com/authentic-1-elvis-andrus-jersey.html101 points in an up-and-down regular season, the postseason was a flop. The Pittsburgh Penguins dispatched the Rangers in five games in the first round, with the last two games blowouts. ''Now, obviously, there is going to be some changes,'' Vigneault said Tuesday after meeting with players at the team's practice facility. ''There are still some very good pieces. We have to decide in which direction we're going to take.'' Vigneault said he and general manager Jeff Gorton will take their time before making any moves with a team that had http://www.officialmlbrangersshop.com/authentic-3-luis-sardinas-jersey.htmlthe NHL's best regular-season record a year ago. ''Being so close the last couple of years, you don't get that close without the sense of missed opportunity,'' defenseman Marc Staal said. ''As far as windows closing, I believe when you have a group in here like this, and you are talented enough and are working in the right direction, and you get in the playoffs, you always have a chance.'' The Rangers didn't have any Paul Molitor Jerseychance after losing Game 3. The Penguins were a faster, more prolific team that made Lundqvist look ordinary in goal. Lundqvist took the blame for a porous defense, saying he just didn't make the plays. As for the team, he warned against overreacting. ''This game is about determination and how much you want it,'' http://www.officialbluejaysstore.com/authentic-43-ra-dickey-jersey.htmlthe 34-year-old goalie said. ''You talk about age, I want it as bad now as 10 years ago, maybe even more. That will be my biggest motivation moving forward. I look around this room, we have a lot of young players, skilled players who can play a big part for this club.'' Stepan said cleaning out the lockers early is not fun. ''We certainly went out the way we didn't want to,'' he said. ''It stinks the way we went out. I have full belief in this group. This group has proven we like to win hockey games, especially late in the year. We just weren't able to do it this year. It will make us hungrier next year.'' The are some issues the Rangers need to address in the offseason: