The Rangers and general manager Jeff Gorton were looking for something “fresh” behind the bench after dismissing Alain Vigneault and most of his veteran crew within hours of last season’s finale. Now, they’ve got it.
Not only will the Blueshirts go into 2018-19 with a neophyte NHL head man in David Quinn, but they also will have a pair of assistants in David Oliver and Greg Brown (joining holdover Lindy Ruff) who never have coached at the NHL level in any capacity.
“It was important for me to have people I could trust, have confidence in and have had relationships with, but it’s not like I just hired a couple of buddies,” Quinn told The Post on Tuesday.