Right now, there is enough on David Quinn’s plate that it doesn’t make a ton of sense for the Rangers coach to start dealing with issues that are not imminent. But soon enough, the “pink elephant,” as he called it, will have to be addressed.
That would be the approaching Feb. 25 trade deadline, which has cast a pall over Quinn’s first season behind the Rangers bench. It looms incredibly large, as general manager Jeff Gorton is going to keep his word to the fans and continue this rebuild in earnest by looking for the best way to make his team good — in the future, not right now in some fantastical push for a meaningless wild-card spot that will only hurt it in the draft lottery.