After going through the euphoria of seeing the New York Rangers throw their chips in the middle of the table and go out to aggressively get Adam Fox and Jacob Trouba via trades, Kaapo Kakko in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and then Artemi Panarin in free agency, the mood has somewhat changed over the last couple of weeks.
Don’t get me wrong, there is still an air of excitement around Madison Square Garden but that has been polluted somewhat by the sheer amount of gloom and doom narratives being written about the franchise when it comes to their salary cap situation.