from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

Can we tap the brakes, please? Can we stop attempting to define exactly where the Blueshirts are on their path back to the upper echelon of the NHL? Can we have the self-discipline we expect of ownership/management and refrain from putting a timetable on the team’s ETA?

It’s been a nice few months, and the Blueshirts appear to have significantly increased their top-end talent level. You could call Artemi Panarin, Kaapo Kakko, Jacob Trouba and Adam Fox the Four Horsemen of the Summer of ’19. You should be excited. But also realistic.

This is still a relatively early stage of the rebuild that was first branded as a “build” by David Quinn last season. No one should forget that. The Rangers should be more competitive, they should be more dynamic, and they should be a more interesting and entertaining team to watch. But they are still a work in progress with much work to be done.

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