Although it hasn’t necessarily been pretty, 2018 has ultimately been a very successful year for the New York Rangers. While this success hasn’t translated to wins, the Rangers are trending in the right direction and have set themselves up for a prosperous future.
They found a talented young head coach in David Quinn, Gordie Clark drafted two of the NHL’s top prospects (Vitali Kravtsov and K’Andre Miller), Brett Howden and Filip Chytil have oozed with potential, and the Rangers have seen improvement from their pre-existing core group of forwards (Hayes, Kreider, Zibanejad, and Vesey).
With that being said, this year hasn’t been perfect by any means.