The message was clear that the Rangers believe they have found their man, and David Quinn feels he is taking a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity by accepting the job as the 35th coach in franchise history.
And so it went on Thursday at the Garden when Quinn’s face was splayed across the marquee out on Seventh Avenue before going inside and saying all the right things about his upcoming stewardship of the Broadway Blueshirts.
“I [will be] 52 years old [when the season starts], and at this point in my life, to be able to be the head coach of the New York Rangers was an opportunity I could not pass up,” said Quinn, who left Boston University after spending the previous five years there as the head coach to join longtime friends, current Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton and his assistant (and B.