How many times will Pittsburgh attempt to run things back with the same group? While Sid the Kid and Evgeni Malkin are star players, they are 37 and 38 respectively at this point. Lars Eller is 35 while the anchors on the blueline, Kris Letang and Erik Karlsson, are 37 and 34. This was the M.O. for Kyle Dubas in Toronto as well, tinkering around the edges while the core got older and failed to deliver when it mattered. While the Rangers lost pieces like Alex Wennberg, Erik Gustafson and Jack Roslovic, the fact remains that the Blueshirts have quality depth. They still have Artemi Panarin, Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad and Vincent Trocheck along with young guys like Kaapo Kakko and Alexis Lafreniere leading the way. Factor in Igor Shesterkin between the pipes and a stout defense group in front of him and the Rangers are the sound pick, even on the road.