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.