Brad Richards is hoping to mesh quickly his New York Rangers teammates and create a cohesive top line with depth behind it. "I have big expectations of that," Richards said. "That's something that's got to happen. I shouldn't say got to but it'd be great if it did and it would really help this team, give us that one line and then another line to back it right up. That's how you win in this league." Richards is expected to be paired with Marian Gaborik this year, but the other winger slot appears to be an open competition between Brandon Dubinsky, Wojtek Wolski, Ruslan Fedotenko and Derek Stepan.