Now, before everyone goes and grabs their torches and pitchforks, I’m not upset that the New York Rangers have won three games in a row. For a group that was pushing as hard as it could, it was deflating to lose so many games in tight and close situations. For young players to be surrounded with frustrating experiences is damaging to their development.
But, we go back to the matter at hand, the 2018-2019 Rangers were designed to be a failure. The entire point of unloading players at last year’s deadline in favor of future assets was to bottom out in a rebuilding year and give young guys lots of ice time.