The New York Rangers will begin 2021 in a vastly different place than they started last season.
The Blue Shirts entered the 2019-20 season as a team that was still rebuilding and weren’t expected to be particularly good. And, at the beginning of the season, they played the role of future lottery team well.
However, they began turning it around in the most surprising fashion in December.
From that point on, the Rangers were one of the best teams in the league and their exceptional play proved to be rewarding: they were invited to resume play in the Toronto bubble after the season came to a halt due to the outbreak of COVID-19.