It’s official, John Davidson will succeed Glen Sather as President of Hockey Operations of the New York Rangers. This was the worst kept secret in Rangerland since the Rick Nash trade.
The news broke one day after Jim Schoenfeld stepped down as Sr. VP and Assistant GM. Sather is gone, Schoenfeld is gone, and that represents over three decades of Rangers management. Schoenfeld was a Sather hire, and with a new President coming in, there’s the potential for more shakeup.
Doug Risebrough, currently a consultant with the Rangers, was with Sather in Edmonton in the late 90’s, then joined Sather in New York in 2009 after he was let go as Minnesota’s GM.