The rumblings of change to the Rangers roster that resonated at the beginning of this offseason started with a bang and then progressively grew more quiet, until there was a stillness to the remainder of the summer.
There certainly was an attempt to retool.
Barclay Goodrow and his $3,641,667 cap hit were waived and claimed by the Sharks.
Moving on from Jacob Trouba was on the table, but never came to fruition after the captain essentially leveraged his four-year no-move clause — despite it turning into a 15-team no-trade list — to five in the name of his family.