from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

Sources have told The Post there is belief from the top down — starting with CEO Jim Dolan — the club is in need of an overhaul in the form of a transfusion of new and younger blood pumped into the system. Still, though, even as the clock ticked on the core, more was expected of it.

After all, in October, Dolan said in an exclusive interview with The Post: “My feeling is that the team has gotten better [from 2014-15].”

He added: “I think we’re pretty close.”

At this moment, it seems the Rangers are further away from contending for the Stanley Cup than they’ve been in a half-decade. But there is no indication at all anyone who counts within the organization holds Alain Vigneault responsible for the disappointing finish or the difficult season that preceded it.

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