Biggest questions for the New York Rangers as they enter a long NHL offseason

Though the NHL playoffs are just getting underway, the New York Rangers have already headed home for their second straight long summer.The offseason will be filled with questions for a team that plans to “retool,” not rebuild, as Rangers president Chris Drury told fans in his Jan. 16 letter. Exactly how he plans to do that is less clear. At the very least, he’ll have ample room to maneuver. Our most recent salary-cap projection had New York with around $27.5 million in available space, with factors in play that could push that number well over $30 million.Advertisement