The 2019-20 NHL season is officially open, and the New York Rangers team that takes the ice at Madison Square Garden tonight will look drastically different than the squad that exited the building following the 2018-19 Blueshirts Off Our Backs ceremony. The names of interest range from Kaapo Kakko and Adam Fox, to Jacob Trouba and Artemiy Panarin. While each slipped a Blueshirts’ sweater over their head during the preseason, there’s nothing like doing it on Opening Night.
This season is another year in the Rangers’ “build,” and there’s a lot that fans want to see, and hope to avoid.