The New York Rangers are 4-14-0 in their last 18 games as the Blueshirts continue to reel in pain. We're approaching a time when the organization must consider a total demolition of the team on the ice to better the future. A total teardown could be on the cards as the Blueshirts look for a solution to the current issues within the franchise. The defense can't stop a beachball, the scoring wholly dried up, and everything that can go wrong is going wrong.
With Murphy's law slapping the franchise around, the Blueshirts will be selling at the trade deadline. That much is confirmed at this point, but the Blueshirts will require more than just a few complementary pieces going out the door to fix the franchise's rot. It's time to tear everything down and start building the franchise from the ground up. It's time to rebuild because this isn't good enough.
Anyone on an expiring deal needs to be going out the door. Whether that is someone like Jimmy Vesey, who plays a minor role on the fourth line, or Ryan Lindgren, who played top-pairing defensive minutes for the last few years, they all need to go. Jonathan Quick, Reilly Smith, Will Borgen, Urho Vaakanainen, Vesey, and Lindgren need to go, and they need not be the only organizational changes. It's not been good enough from the current group.
It need not be limited to the rentals in the organization who need to move. Whether that is Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider, or even Artemi Panarin, the New York Rangers must start moving this flawed core out. The Rangers need better, and these issues within this group have been known for most of this core time together. With the declining of Zibanejad and Kreider, it's time to blow it up. Trade everybody, tear it down, and start again.