Marek Zidlicky will be playing against the team that drafted him, the New York Rangers, in the Eastern Conference Finals. Zidlicky was taken with the 176th overall pick in 2001, but he never ended up playing for New York. "They said they wanted me," Zidlicky said. "They had a lot of meetings after the draft. I said, 'If you give me a one-way contract I will go there and I will fight for a place on the team.' But it didn't happen. They wanted to sign me to a two-way contract." Zidlicky played for HIFK Helsinki of the SM-liiga instead. The Rangers dealt his rights to the Nashville Predators as part of the Mike Dunham deal.