Pavel Dorofeyev comes to New York fresh off a run to the Stanley Cup Final, having scored the second-most goals (12) in the postseason — and after signing a seven-year, $77 million deal with the Rangers, who gave up three draft picks (two first-rounders) for the rights to a rising star who won’t turn 26 until next month.

Dorofeyev has gone from Las Vegas, one of the league’s smallest media markets, to Broadway, essentially to replace the perennial leading scorer (Artemi Panarin) of a spotlight franchise that has missed the playoffs in back-to-back years and finished 23rd in the league in scoring last season.

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