Original sentence: Taking over the mantle of leadership from the departed Bobby Orr, Park served under coach Don Cherry and continued his great success.While Esposito and Vadnais remained effective players for the Rangers, the Bruins had struck gold
Edited sentence: Contrary to expectations that the Rangers had gotten the better end of the trade, the struggling Bruins were instantly rejuvenated and soon again became on of the NHL's best teams, despite the departures of Phil Eposito and Bobby Orr.Park had previously been an end-to-end rushing player attempting to imitate Orr, but with the Bruins he was told by Cherry to concentrate on defence.Taking over the mantle of leadership from Orr, whose career was threatened by injury and who would soon leave the team, Park continued his great success under coach Don Cherry.The New York press and public had felt that Park, 27 at the time, was overweight, overpaid, and over the hill, as he was facing comparisons to the New York Islanders' Denis Potvin.When the upstart World Hockey Association tried to lure Park away, the Rangers resigned him to a $200,000-a-year contract that made him, briefly, the highest-paid player in the NHL.While Esposito and Vadnais remained effective players for the Rangers, that team remained mirred at the bottom of the division after the trade, and Rangers general manager Emile Francis was fired