Dark Days
These are dark days to be a Ranger fan, there is no doubt about that. A franchise record seven years without the playoffs in the easiest league in which to qualify, a league high salary over that time and a General Manager who is wildly unpopular with the fan base. And to top things off, a trade two days ago that saw the last (albeit aging) franchise player sent to the Toronto Maple Leafs for picks and prospects, dark days indeed.
Four years into the Glen Sather tenure as President, General Manager and sometimes coach of the New York Rangers, the franchise outlook appears to be as bleak as it ever has been. The next Ranger playoff appearance could be as far off as the likelihood that the Rangers have an NHL superstar in their prospect pool, and how do the fans react…well it’s your classic seven stages of grief ranging from anger and depression to an almost overly optimistic euphoria.