If this had happened a year ago, if Glen Sather had opted for a more leisurely life at the end of last season, then Lou Lamoriello likely would be running the Rangers today, Barry Trotz could well have been his coach, and that would only have changed everything for our teams on each side of the East River.
Just imagine.
Henrik Lundqvist would have had to shave off his beard.
Good decision by the NHL — wait, who wrote that? — to move the lottery up to Tuesday from its customary date of the final Saturday in April.