It was announced last February with a letter. It began a month later with the departures of many of the team’s stalwarts. It progressed after the 2018 draft in Dallas with the additions of some promising prospects.
And with Steven McDonald’s good luck, it could be coming to an end sooner than expected.
On April 9, the state of the New York Rangers franchise was altered dramatically. Jeff Gorton and David Quinn were rewarded for not tanking and preaching their “play-to-win” mentality, as the Broadway Blueshirts landed the second overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.