Every year, NHL teams go under drastic changes whether it is the players fielded on the roster, coaching styles, or even records. The New York Rangers have seen some dramatic change. How much more can we expect?
Over the last year, several big moves occurred, changing the Rangers look drastically. Perhaps the biggest changes revolved around the Rangers movement involving Derek Stepan, and Antti Raanta. Including the acquisition of Kevin Shattenkirk, Anthony Deangelo, Filip Chytil and a slew of other small bits and pieces acquired.
The Rangers, 14-7 at Thanksgiving in 2016. This season, 10-9-2, the Rangers not quite up to standard, but not off base. In relation to coaching staff, the head coach Thanksgiving 20013 was not the same as the head coach by Thanksgiving 2014. Players also can have utterly different seasons. By Thanksgiving 2016, Nikita Kucherov had 25 points, by Thanksgiving in 2017, Kucherov had 33 points. These are just a few examples of change that can occur over a year.