As I went to write my “Boot Camp” article on the coaching staff, Assistant Coach Ulf Samuelsson left the team to take a head coaching job with the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL. Since there was a coaching void, I decided to hold off on this article until the team hired a new coach.
On July 1st, the Rangers got their man in Jeff Beukeboom. The former New York Rangers defenseman, who won the Stanley Cup with the team in 1994, had been an assistant coach for the Hartford Wolfpack since 2012. He was a huge factor in the development of Brady Skjei and Dylan McIlrath.