Much like with David Quinn, just because Jeff Gorton is gone doesn’t mean we can’t give him his own report card for the 2021 season. Gorton was unceremoniously canned in May following the Tom Wilson incident and a few brutal losses to the Islanders. We later learned that Jim Dolan was upset that the Rangers weren’t true contenders this season, which was a bit of a misguided viewpoint. He took the opportunity to let him go, and did just that.
I was not team Fire Gorton. I thought he was doing a fantastic overall job.