The game of hockey at its simplest and most basic principle is about scoring more goals than the other team. During the 2017-2018 NHL season, the New York Rangers struggled to comprehend this principle. For all of the disasters this past season, the team’s inability to show some semblance of character spoke volumes about a broken and dejected group.
The team’s rebuild is fully under way, you already know the names: Lias Andersson, Filip Chytil, Vitali Kravtsov, K’Andre Miller, Ryan Lindgren, Libor Hajek, Nils Lundkvist, Yegor Rykov and Igor Shestyorkin. In all likelihood, Andersson and Chytil will get substantial NHL minutes during the upcoming season.