The New York Rangers’ current struggles should come off as no surprise to anyone. The team has fully embraced the rebuild at the trade deadline and shipped away two of their best players in Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes.
Since then, they’ve put forth only two wins in the last three weeks, both of them against the last place New Jersey Devils. Their playoff chances are all but dead; the next step is for them to be mathematically eliminated from contention.
The Blueshirts offense was very hot prior to the deadline.