Development and winning hockey games are not mutually exclusive concepts. That is essential to keep in mind in examining the Rangers and David Quinn, the coach who was hired to shepherd this rebuilding operation to success.
“If you’re coming into the league on a team where there’s a losing culture or an acceptance of losing, it can snowball on you very quickly and chances are that you never develop into the player you could become,” Marc Staal told The Post following the Blueshirts’ 3-2 victory over the Avalanche at the Garden on Tuesday night. “That’s not what we’re accustomed to here.