All those mileposts have faded into the rearview. Most playoff series won over the last four years except for the Blackhawks and Kings … most playoff games played the last four springs … best team not to win a Cup the last four seasons.
These are now gone and faded reference points no longer applicable to the 2016-17 Rangers even though an anticipated offseason face-lift became more of a back-of-the-house reconstruction, and not by design. For though last year was supposed to be the Last Ride, management was not willing to tear down and start anew this summer by taking pennies on the dollar for its assets.