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The New York Rangers will be entering the season with practically no expectations for the first time in almost two decades. Will the rebuild look successful after just a few months?

In 2017-18, the New York Rangers decided to blow up the core that brought them to three Eastern Conference Finals appearances and one Stanley Cup Final appearance over the past decade.
It started with the long overdue buyout of Dan Girardi’s contract. Then the team dealt Derek Stepan on a Draft Night 2017 trade that sent the fan favorite forward to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for the pick that would become Lias Anderson and defenseman Tony DeAngelo.
The team decided to go into the regular season with the rest of their core in tact, ready for one last run. After a putrid 3-7-1 start to the season, the team regained their footing, moving up all the way into second place in the Metropolitan Division at one point.
But Jeff Gorton and his front office knew that, despite their point total, the team wasn’t going anywhere in the long run, and that the time to build for the future was then and there.
The team dealt a quarter of their roster at the deadline including captain Ryan McDonagh, alternate captain Rick Nash and role players J.T. Miller, Michael Grabner and Nick Holden for a total of six draft picks, a boatload of prospects and two roster players named Ryan Spooner and Vlad Namestnikov.
The fan base anticipated a busy offseason full of free agent signings and roster moves. Besides the firing of Alain Vigneault six hours after the season ended and the subsequent hiring of David Quinn, things have stayed pretty quiet in RangersTown. The team will look for their kids to excel in the first season of Quinn’s tenure.