from Damien Cox of the Toronto Star,

Their key players are beyond their best years. Winger Rick Nash, their Donaldson, is 33 and in the last year of his contract. Forward Mats Zuccarello is 30. Defenceman Marc Staal is 30 in January, and goalie Henrik Lundqvist is 35. Captain Ryan McDonagh, the team’s best player after Lundqvist, is 28, but right in his prime....

There’s absolutely no indication the Rangers want to do what the Leafs did, which was to use seasons of 84, 68 and 69 points to acquire blue-chippers William Nylander, Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews through the draft. Instead, Gorton has the Blueshirts on this rebuild-on-the-fly track.

That’s fine, except winning with an aging goalie as your best player is very difficult in the NHL, and the kids you’re likely to get while contending for the playoffs aren’t usually the franchise-type athletes you need to build a team around.

more which includes the Blue Jays as an example...