The offseason has come and gone and it’s almost time for New York Rangers hockey. The offseason wasn’t long, but the Rangers are going to look like a pretty different team when they take the ice on Wednesday against the Washington Capitals.
In the shortened 2021 season, the Rangers didn’t benefit from a league-wide division realignment. They failed to make the playoffs, but it could’ve been a different story had they not found themselves in the toughest division in the league.
The Rangers preceded shaking up their roster by shaking up the front office. In a surprise move, the organization fired president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton at the beginning of May.