This year needs to be a different year for Jeff Gorton and the New York Rangers, who have gone another season without hoisting the Stanley Cup. In order to get there, they should take a page out of New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman’s playbook.
After four seasons of not making the playoffs, Cashman, in 2016, realized that his team was a fringe playoff contender with aging veterans. Instead of just keeping the status quo and adding unnecessary pieces, Cashman made major deals that focused on bettering the organization’s long-term future, not just the short-term present.