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New York Rangers: Alexis Lafreniere would be a glorious consolation prize

Not only do the New York Rangers have a shot at their fifth Stanley Cup in franchise history, but the Broadway Blueshirts could potentially obtain the 2020 first-overall draft pick.

Here’s the catch though — both can’t happen. Sorry, guys.

If the Rangers were to lose to Carolina in the NHL’s play-in round, then New York would have a 12.5% chance at winning phase two of the newly formatted draft lottery.

This leads to one question: How many times have the Rangers owned the NHL’s first-overall pick?

While there are more than a handful of NHL teams that have never selected first in the draft, the Rangers almost fall into that same category.