The New York Rangers were heart-wrenchingly close to winning the cup in 2014 and 2015, but fell short in the end, leaving a bad taste in everybody’s mouth.
For the first time in what seems like a century, the Rangers didn’t make front page news over the summer, instead sticking to the game plan and not fixing what isn’t broken. Glen Sather stepping down from the general manager position was arguably the most newsworthy announcement that was released by the organization, and even then it shouldn’t have come as a big surprise, as speculation of Gorton taking over the position had been rumbling for quite some time.