A dynamic rookie defenseman showing skill, ability and maturity well beyond his years: A heralded future franchise goaltender making his long-awaited Rangers debut looking to grab the proverbial torch from the legendary incumbent net-minder. A stable of talented neophytes, learning the NHL game together and steadily growing as a cohesive unit. The team, as a whole, defying pre-season expectations to be, in the first week of March, within a hockey puck’s width of a playoff spot coming off of missing the tournament the previous campaign.
1989 Year of the Rookies
The above paragraph certainly looks like I am describing this current Ranger season.