A few weeks ago, the New York Rangers announced that they would be selling off at the deadline and that a rebuild was coming.
So when players like Rick Nash, Michael Grabner, and Nick Holden were traded, the fan base was heavily in favor of it. All three of them were upcoming UFAs and the team needed to get assets for them before they walked.
But once captain Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller were traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning, reality hit them in the face like a ton of bricks.