The Rangers made a huge change in just filling holes insted of a total tear down and rebuild at the trade deadline by trading Ryan McDonagh, J.T. Miller, Rick Nash, Michael Grabner, Nick Holden. and even AHLer Ryan Graves who never got  a chance on Broadway. In has come Ryan Spooner, Vlad Namestmikov, Rob O'Gara who have been inserted in the lineup right away  and along with many future pieces like Boston Bruins #1 and #3 pick in 2018 and their #7 pick in 2019 alomg with Ryan Lindgren (who has since singed his ELC with the Rangers and is in Hartford on an ATO and expects to compete for an NHL spot next summer);  Devils 2nd rounder and prospect Igor Rykov; Tampa's #1 in 2018 and #1 in 2019 (that drops to a #2 if Tampa doesn't win the Cup in 2018 or 2019.. LET'S GO TAMPA), along with Brett Howden and Libor HAjek; and Colorado prospect Chris Bigras. Also this past summer, the rebuild became easy to see as the Rangers traded away 1st line center Derek Stepan and goalie Antii Raanta for this past years #7 overall pick that turned out to be Lias Andersson along with dman Anthony DeAngelo who started in Hartford came up and played very offensively until an injury sidelined him  more

So the Rangers now have three first round picks this year, and a possible first round pick.  As it stands right now, the best pick will be their own this year, projecting to be a top 10 pick.  As of February 27th, they have the 7th worst record in the league, though some of the teams they are "chasing" have played fewer than the 63 games already completed by New York  more

The Rangers are in full rebuild mode, at least that's true if you read the papers (Rangers Embark On All-Out Rebuild, Rangers Went All-In, and of course the overused Fire-Sale, then there's of coruse the back page of the New York Post).  Even the more sedate NY Times gets in on the action with the Complete Overhaul.  Finally the ever engaging Rick Carpiniello suggest the Rangers have Torn It Down  more

For the second time in the last five NHL trade deadlines, the New York Rangers traded their captain to the Tampa Bay Lightning  more

The Rangers have acquired defenseman Rob O'Gara and a third round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft from the Boston Bruins in exchange for Nick Holden  more

With just three wins in their last thirteen, and just three weeks or so to the trade deadline, it looks as if the Rangers are about to embark on something they've never really done in modern times: cash in now in order to help rebuild for the future  more

Today, March 8th 2018, General ManagerJeff Gorton and  Glen Sather held a press conference to announce that a FULL REBUILD is underway! Also a letter to the fans was sent out on social media explaining all moves made will be made to make the Rangers better in the future and not to save this season, like the Stepan trade. G.M. Gorton stated that " we may lose some familiar faces, guys we all care about and respect. While this is part of the game, it's never easy. Our promise to you is that our plans will be guided by our singular commitment: ensuring we are building the foundation for our next Stanley Cup Contender  more

SO let's get this straight,,,, no penalties during the game,,,no retribution when the high hits are made (except for your top defenseman Brady Skjei drop the gloves and he shouldn't be the one to do it at all)... Marc Staal and Jimmy Vesey missed the game due to injury (and maybe more with concussion symptoms),,, and the NHL Division of Player Safety suspoends Forsberg 3 games for his LATE, HIGH hit that caused a bloody injury and the Players Concussion protocol called down to the bench to have him tested and pulled from the game. If players are to held accountable for their carelessness on the ice, so should the referees should be held responsible for their lack of protecting the players from head shots  more

For the Rangers core of Henrik Lundqvist, Rick Nash, Ryan McDonagh, Mats Zuccarello, and Marc Staal it's been a great ride. 1 Stanley Cup Finals and 3 Eastern Conference Title games and alot of wins that have Lundqvist as the 8th winingest NHL Goalie of all-time with 426 wins as of now. IF Hank wins just 20 games for his last 3 seasons (for which he already holds the record for 20 win seasons to start a career), Lundqvist will be a top 5 all-time winning goalie. Should the new core be J.T. Miler, Chris Kreider, Jimmy Vesey, Kevin Hayes, and Jesper Fast. Pavel Buchnevich,  Boo Nieves, Vinnie Lettieri have also shown this season that are NHL ready for a role on the Rangers. Lias Anderrson and Filip Chytil are showing alot of promise with the Rangers AHL Wolfpack. The last 4 should be on next seasons opening night roster  more