The Rangers didn't get lucky in the NHL draft lotto, but the depth of prospects at the top does look as though they can either escape with a good player, or potentially wheel and deal that pick to get a more ready-now piece. With a huge offseason ahead of them, the work begins now to retool the roster into a playoff worthy team. When you look at teams like the Flyers and Ducks in the playoffs, and what a losing season gives you as a consolation prize, I don't see how anyone can cheer on a tanking year. There is one mission - make the playoffs.

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On todays episode, we reconnect with good friend and host of Locked On NY Rangers, Jon Chik. Jon is a great guy with an unbelievable output, making content about the New York Rangers every single day, and currently ranked as one of the top NY Rangers shows in the world. We chat with him today about trade rumors, playoff expectations, and some of the standout players from this past season.

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With the season officially over, we turn our attention as not just New York Rangers fans but hockey fans in general towards the beginning of the NHL Playoffs. In this episode, we chat about the season as a whole while attempting to highlight some of our favorite moments in a lost year. We touch on the players who stood out, the injuries that mounted during the course of the season, and dissect the players exit interviews where we learned a lot about what went on behind the scenes. As we near the NHL Draft Lottery, the focus will soon shift to where the team can expect to pick, and who might be available to them at that position. Can the Rangers jump-start their "retool" with a little lotto luck? Or is the team better off learning their lessons from last time...

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In what felt like a season that most Rangers fans are eager to erase from memory, it honestly flew by for me, and is surprising to say is finally over. In this episode we reconnect with a previous guest Jennifer Streeter, who is currently reporting on the NHL, NCAA, and PWHL with Sports Illustrated & Sporting News. After a long time serving as a Rangers beat writer, and a Rangers fan at heart, we talk about the highs and (mostly) lows of the season, capping the season off with Jonathan Quick's retirement, the prospect development, and the New York Rangers leadership group as a whole moving forward.

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With the last home game of the season, the Rangers fall short of completing an entertaining home-stand, losing to the Sabres after recapturing the lead briefly. In what has been a disappointing year on all fronts, some players have been truly entertaining to watch. As the organization embraces this new chapter, the apparent "youth movement" of players like Adam Sykora, Jaroslav Chmelar, Drew Fortescue, and to a lesser extent, Lafreniere, Perreault and Cuylle, have been exciting to watch as them come into their own. When the Letter 2.0 was first minted, I along with many Rangers fans had my second thoughts about how to team planned on executing such a task, but as we watch some of these players become household names, it's going to be a fun season to watch next year if instead of "retool" they really just meant "let the kids cook".

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After an electric goalie fight between Igor Shesterkin and Jacob Markstrom, the New York Rangers extend their winning streak at home to three games, as they continue to find ways down the stretch to leave feeling good about their performance. As much as I'm rooting for some lotto luck, it is nice to see them not lose sight and put up strong games, albeit a little too late and against some teams that are also struggling. On today's episode, we are joined by Lydia Pirner, a New York Rangers beat reporter for WFUV Sports. We chat about the recent call-ups and their continued impression on the current lineup, with guys like Dylan Garand, Adam Sykora, and Drew Fortescue making decisions on management and coaching staff much more difficult than expected.

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As we reach the end of the season, with playoffs hopes offically over with the loss to the Maple Leafs, we chat through this episode about the best usage of time for the final 10 games of the season. The Rangers have recently signed Drew Fortescue, a young and exciting prospect that could perhaps make his NHL debut sooner than later, with question marks surrounding the current d-core and Drury's willingness to move on from some of them. Adam Sykora made his NHL debut against the Leafs, and didn't look uncomfortable either. In my opinion, it's much better to have him play these games than someone like Sheary or Parssinen. And rookie goalie from Hartford, Dylan Garand, made his first NHL start the other night and looked good doing it, despite the shootout loss to the Jets. The Rangers are past moral victories, they're past the point of having hope come from the standings, what matters now as the season draws to a close is that they figure out what they have in the locker room, and what's waiting for them in the minor ranks.

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The New York Rangers are a puzzling team. It took them the better part of the season to string together 4 wins, win a back to back, or manage to produce really anything to get the fanbase excited. Since the break, the team is 6-3-2 following the loss on Wednesday night to the devils, which doesn't exactly sound amazing, but if that was scaled over the course of an 82 game season, it would be good for 102 points, and put them comfortably in the playoff mix. If there's any silver lining, Igor Shesterkin has been nothing short of incredible, the power play is clicking, and the top line of Mika Zibanejad, Alexis Lafreniere, and Gabe Perreault is simply a treat to watch. In just the last 9 games, the three has 34 combined for points and has connected for some incredible plays, demonstrating amazing chemistry. When the games don't matter and the points don't either, it's nice that there's at least something to watch, even without a winning result. If they win? I'm happy to watch. If they lose? It doesn't hurt their draft lotto odds.

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