Thanksgiving is a good time to take a look at the tumultuous off-season of 2019. The New York Rangers were one of the most active teams, doing a lot of business. It’s way too early to form a final opinion, but so far, it’s been working out.
Here’s a day by day look at what happened and we’ll grade each transaction.
April 9 – NHL Entry Draft Lottery: Grade: A+
Gorton gets no credit for this, it was all luck. Well, maybe taking Steven McDonald’s NYPD shield with him to Toronto did it, so let’s give him some credit for winning the lottery and getting the second pick in the draft, a pick that turned out to be Kaapo Kakko.