Sep 25, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min · 25 segments
You know the NHL season is right around the corner when we drop our annual Tier List ranking every single team ahead of the season! Who's the Cup Champ, who's picking first overall, and what did we…
the They do have a lot of questions and they made some interesting moves over this offseason.
This is where I am with the Rangers.
Obviously, they're going through this kind of weird.
I don't know if I want to call it a rebuild because I don't think it's a full out rebuild.
But they made an interesting move getting Dorfaev.
They still have Shosturkin.
Like JT Miller is still there.
They still have a good crop there.
of solid players.
The way I see it though, they're in the Metro.
It's such a wide open division.
It's not the strongest division in the NHL.
I think I'm going to start off with my first, I don't know.
And I feel like maybe they're a better team than that.
And it's more appropriate to maybe put them in like a knocking on playoffs door category.
but what they've shown me in the last couple of years, plus with the moves they've made, I think it could be a mixed bag.
Like how good is Lafreniere going to be next year? Is he going to hit the ceiling that we've hoped he's going to hit for so long? I think someone like Gabe Perrault could be a huge X factor for the team playing on the top line.
And if he takes a jump to be a 70 point player, then yeah, they're going to have a really good season, but there's so much unknown with the Rangers so far.
I have more questions right now than I think there are answers.
But I do see a world where there is a ceiling that they hit and that they're in the playoffs.
You guys giving up on Laff? Are you still holding the canter for him? One more year.
I think he's in 01, but he was drafted later, so he's not 25 yet.
So the brain's not fully developed.
the They do have a lot of questions and they made some interesting moves over this offseason.
This is where I am with the Rangers.
Obviously, they're going through this kind of weird.
I don't know if I want to call it a rebuild because I don't think it's a full out rebuild.
But they made an interesting move getting Dorfaev.
They still have Shosturkin.
Like JT Miller is still there.
They still have a good crop there.
of solid players.
The way I see it though, they're in the Metro.
It's such a wide open division.
It's not the strongest division in the NHL.
I think I'm going to start off with my first, I don't know.
And I feel like maybe they're a better team than that.
And it's more appropriate to maybe put them in like a knocking on playoffs door category.
but what they've shown me in the last couple of years, plus with the moves they've made, I think it could be a mixed bag.
Like how good is Lafreniere going to be next year? Is he going to hit the ceiling that we've hoped he's going to hit for so long? I think someone like Gabe Perrault could be a huge X factor for the team playing on the top line.
And if he takes a jump to be a 70 point player, then yeah, they're going to have a really good season, but there's so much unknown with the Rangers so far.
I have more questions right now than I think there are answers.
But I do see a world where there is a ceiling that they hit and that they're in the playoffs.
You guys giving up on Laff? Are you still holding the canter for him? One more year.
I think he's in 01, but he was drafted later, so he's not 25 yet.
So the brain's not fully developed.
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