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NEW YORK -- After two deep playoff runs, the New York Rangers 2016 postseason fizzled out quickly.Eventual champion Pittsburgh dispatched them in five games in the first round, the last two by a combined score of 11-3.Now, obviously, there is going to be some changes, coach Alain Vigneault said a few days later. There are still some very good pieces. We have to decide in which direction were going to take.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 changes over the offseason came mostly around the edges of the roster.The big move was a trade of centers, sending Derick Brassard to Ottawa for Mika Zibanejad, who is quite a bit younger -- and cheaper.Veterans Dan Girardi, Rick Nash and Marc Staal are back after disappointing seasons, and the greatest change in 2016-17 could simply come from any or all of them recapturing their previous form.Henrik Lundqvist will turn 35 during the season. The Rangers will give their returning core at least one more chance at a title in front of the 2012 Vezina Trophy winner before the window closes.The hunger for the game and to compete is, I think, the same, Lundqvist said during the World Cup of Hockey as he thought back to the start of his Rangers career.Along with Zibanejad, New Yorks most notable additions were also younger players. Some members of the Rangers youth movement to watch:JIMMY VESEY: The Hobey Baker winner as college hockeys top player, Vesey chose to pursue free agency after his senior season at Harvard instead of signing with Nashville, which drafted him 66th overall in 2012.Vesey picked the Rangers over seven other finalists in August.It seemed that they really needed to have me in their lineup, he said at the time.The 23-year-old forward had 24 goals and 22 assists in 33 games for Harvard last season.ZIBANEJAD: Zibanejad is also 23 and already has two 20-goal seasons in the NHL. He set career highs with 21 goals and 30 assists in 81 games for the Senators last season.Brassard, who just turned 29, had a career-high 27 goals last season.I think the potential is there for more upside, Gorton said of Zibanejad. He is just scratching the surface at age 23. There are not a lot of guys who have done what he has done as far as scored 20 before that age.PAVEL AND PIRRI: Pavel Buchnevich, a 21-year-old Russian left wing who was a 2013 third-round draft pick, is looking to prove hes ready to make an NHL roster. Brandon Pirri, a 25-year-old center, had a career-high 29 points last season but has already been traded twice in his career. The Rangers signed him to a $1.1 million, one-year deal from Anaheim.J.T. MILLER: The Rangers also kept one of their own, signing restricted free agent forward J.T. Miller to a $5.5 million, two-year deal. Another 23-year-old, Miller had 22 goals and 21 assists, both career highs, last season.I dont want to be satisfied on one pretty good year, he said. Wholesale Stitched Jerseys China NFL Jerseys . LOUIS -- Valtteri Filppula assisted on three of Tampa Bays four goals, and the Lightning beat the St. http://www.cheapjerseysfinish.com/ . The Montreal Canadiens announced on Friday that the veteran forward will return to the teams line-up on Saturday night when the Habs visit the Nashville Predators. NFL Jerseys Supply .com) - Following a late-game loss to the reigning NBA champs, the Toronto Raptors will look to sustain their recent high-level play as they travel to Indiana to take on the Pacers. Jerseys NFL Wholesale . With the short-handed Warriors needing help from someone -- anyone -- to stop a three-game skid, ONeal returned from right knee and groin injuries that had sidelined him for four games and put up season highs with 18 points and eight rebounds. It was just enough to help lift Golden State to a 102-101 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- T.J. Cromer made five 3-pointers and scored 21 points and East Tennessee State defeated Division-II Limestone 85-57 on Sunday.A.J. Merriweather added 11 points and Isaac Banks 10 for the Buccanneers, who at 7-1 are off to their best start since 1990-91. Desonta Bradford added eight assists to go with eight points.Cromer his four consecutive 3-pointers to start a 16-5 run that gave ETSU a 57-40 lead. A 12-0 run, with five points from Julian Walters, made it a 26-point addvantage, 74-48, with 5:35 left.ddddddddddddThe Bucs shot 50 percent in the first half when it led 41-30 with nine points each from Cromer and Merriweather and eight from Banks.The Saints (6-2) were led by 12 from Macoumba Kane and 11 from Shaun Stewart.ETSU owned the boards, 46-26, including 14 on the offensive end, and made 10 of 22 from the arc for 45.5 percent. ' ' '