RALEIGH, N.C. — The past three seasons and the expectations the Rangers came into the 2024-25 campaign with are a major part of what’s made this season such a disappointment.
How did the Blueshirts team that sat atop the Metropolitan Division for 24 straight weeks on the way to winning the Presidents’ Trophy and an Eastern Conference Final finish drop to 22nd in the NHL and miss the playoffs the next season?
“You can’t just show up and expect it to go the same way it did last year,” Vincent Trocheck said after the Rangers’ 7-3 loss to the Hurricanes. “We earned it last year. We certainly didn’t earn it this year.”
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