EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — It hasn’t been perfect, but Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton is pretty happy with the 15-11-3 record that the youngest team in the league has put together thus far. Yet that has not clouded a sober focus on the rebuild, with Gorton knowing there are going to be some very difficult decisions coming up before the Feb. 24 trade deadline, and the future remains brighter than the present.
“Everything becomes clearer when you get closer to the deadlines, no matter what the deadline is,” Gorton said here before Monday’s practice, his team preparing to face the woeful Kings in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.