The New York Rangers are in freefall, suffering through the kind of in-season implosion we rarely see from a contender. The captain has been traded, the longest-serving star is on the block, the coach is on thin ice, and the GM is getting blasted from all sides. It’s a mess, to put it lightly.
And it’s all coming after a 2023-24 season that saw the Rangers produce the best record in the league. That led me to an idea for a post: Which team put together the worst season immediately following a Presidents’ Trophy win? I could go through the history and find other teams that had similar falls, and highlight the ones that were good comparisons for this year’s Rangers.