The Rangers’ 2022-2023 season was a colossal failure.
Point. Blank. Period.
There is absolutely no other way around it.
The team went all-in at the trade deadline, putting together one of the best teams on paper in a long time.
The result?
A first-round exit to a younger, hungrier Devils team.
The Rangers looked like they didn’t belong on the ice in Game 5 or 7, where they were shutout 4-0 in both games.
It’s an utterly unacceptable performance from a team with Stanley Cup aspirations.
Someone is going to take the fall for it whether it is head coach Gerard Gallant or a roster shakeup.
We will find out soon.
To react to the Game 7 loss and the Rangers season coming to an abrupt end, we bring you a new episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast with Mollie Walker, Andrew Harts and I.
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