What a difference a year makes. At this time last year, the New York Rangers were in the midst of the first offseason of their rebuild. Now, they took some giant steps in the right direction.
The Rangers added Jacob Trouba and Adam Fox to their defense, signed second overall pick Kaapo Kakko to an entry-level contract on Friday, and signed the biggest fish in this year’s free agency class, Artemi Panarin. Suddenly, head coach David Quinn went from having very little to work with to a whole lot of options.