At one point during the 1993-94 regular season, Mike Keenan relayed a very important message to his young, hotshot general manager. Iron Mike made the claim that his current, league-leading New York Rangers weren’t equipped to win the Stanley Cup.
Despite possessing a nice mix of young and veteran hockey talent, a group that had amassed the most points in the league at the time, Keenan asked Neil Smith to go shopping at the trade deadline. He did not believe his current roster could win the Cup.
Upon special request, the Rangers traded away young and athletic talent left and right.