The New York Rangers’ decision to rebuild their roster was one made based on the summation of holes that were created over years of attempts at an elusive Stanley Cup Championship. Though no particular area of the organization was solely to blame for the this reset, or maybe even their failure to capture one over that span, no position left both fans and management wanting more than on defense.
The Blueshirts’ blue line never quite met the bar required to put them over the top and was made significantly worse in the immediate wake of the Ryan McDonagh and Nick Holden trades that left a weakened group on life support to close out last season.