Should the New York Rangers be going after Artemi Panarin? Should Jimmy Vesey be shopped? Should Chris Kreider be handled like Mats Zuccarello? Is Kevin Shattenkirk a goner? Does anyone at all want Marc Staal? Will the Rangers be contenders as soon as next season or will it be another year or two?
On paper the rebuild is ahead of schedule. Adding Kaapo Kakko, Jacob Trouba, Adam Fox and the slew of other young players has the future looking brighter by the day. However, that doesn’t mean that young core will be ready any time soon.