On thing that fans of the New York Rangers know is that the NHL is a copycat league. If one team finds some sort of formula for success, it inevitably leads to many other teams trying to follow that model. The New Jersey Devils and the god-forsaken neutral zone trap spawned enough of a cult following that it virtually ground the NHL to a halt for many years.
Fortunately for NHL fans, most scenarios surrounding the copy-cat nature of the league do not fall to that extreme, but it still exists. So what can the New York Rangers hope to emulate from watching the two teams that reached the highest level of success this year.