Every time the New York Rangers sign a big free agent or trade for a star player, Ranger fans cringe just a little bit. The fear is that the new player will succumb to the New York Rangers curse.
What is the New York Rangers curse? It’s the uncanny transformation that affects top scorers when they join the team. They stop scoring. There is a long list of players who had tremendous success as top scorers only to see the scoring well run dry when they become Rangers. Well, maybe not run dry, but certain reduce to a trickle.