Rangers Shake Up Roster

Rumours had been flying for weeks that the Rangers were shopping for a defenceman they finally pulled the trigger on a major move. Alexandre Daigle - the assitant captain and defacto leader of the youthful Rangers - was dealt along with young super star Jamie Lundmark and grinding dman Brian Campbell to the Dallas Stars. In return the Rangers will receive defensive specialist Brad Lukowich and talented young centre Mike Ribeiro. They also receive a second rounder in tomorrow's draft.

"We're really pumped about this deal as it address several issues we've been concerned about," said GM Burns. "We missed the playoffs by a heartbreaking wafer thin margin and then came within a whisker of the toilet bowl. Our goaltending is solid but until Kari Lehtonen steps into the number one roll in a year or two we felt we needed to add depth to our defence. Brad should anchor Vaananen or Tyutin well, and Ribiero is the kind of young centre we really wanted. We really needed a centre of his ilk and even though we could have switched lundmark to centre we thought this was a good move for our team. And finally the second round will give us some much needed youth in our jrs."

"We're looking forward to challenging every game this year, making the playoffs and going deep."