The New York Rangers are fully entrenched in their rebuild right now. They started the asset acquisition phase last February when they shipped out 25 percent of their team at the deadline. Then the team had 10 picks at June’s NHL Entry Draft.
The team now has a loaded farm system. They will probably be bad this year; very bad. Honestly, that’s probably for the best, as it will allow them to get another high draft pick in hopes to select another player they think could be a game changer.
And then once July 1 comes, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic thinks Artemi Panarin will join the Blueshirts, which would effectively end the first portion of the rebuild.