Sustained winning in any sport over time is a difficult task. As time passes, players need extensions, other players erode from the miles on their bodies, and of course there are moving parts around them. For all intents and purposes, the Rangers had a solid decade littered with close but no cigar. Three trips to the conference final including one trip to the Stanley Cup Final looks good.
However, the Rangers have decided from the top down that it was time to start over. Back in January when the front office declared the team would be going back to the drawing board that meant a number of things.