Make no mistake about it, outside of Filip Chytil, the New York Rangers rebuilding effort has born few results. Granted, it’s less than 12 months into this experiment and the organization has around 12 prospects in the pipeline that it feels could be perspective NHL talent with the right development process.
It made sense based on where the team was last year leading up to the deadline to take a step back. There was little to gain from forcing its way into an eight seed in the east only to have the Tampa Bay Lightning steamroll them in four or five games.