There are so many interesting moments and divergent paths that stem from this era of New York Rangers’ hockey. As Glen Sather and then Jeff Gorton made every attempt to surround future Hall of Famer Henrik Lundqvist with a quality roster, different discussions were had. Steven Stamkos in 2009, Cam Fowler in 2014 and now according to Elliot Friedman, Clayton Keller in 2016.
Flashback to the summer of 2016, the Rangers are reeling off of a thumping from the eventual Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Dan Boyle retired, Keith Yandle’s rights were traded to Florida, and the team made a panic trade for an out of his depth Eric Staal at the deadline that year.