There are plenty of reasons for the New York Rangers to feel reasonably good heading into the 2025-26 season. Not the least of which is that this season can’t be nearly as dysfunctional and disappointing as the previous one.
The 2024-25 campaign was an all-timer, for sure. Just for all the wrong reasons, though. If it could go wrong — on or off the ice — it did a year ago. From general manager Chris Drury completely misreading the room, to Peter Laviolette not having any answers for the team-wide faceplant, to trades and roster upheaval and poor effort and simply putrid play … well, we could go on, but you get the idea.