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The Rangers I think aren't as strong as people think they are. They're certainly a playoff team, but I don't think they're a Stanley Cup contender at this moment.
Everyone seemed to overlook the fact that the Rangers weren't a very good 5v5 team last year, but that got masked because Igor was fantastic and their PP - specifically Krieder was very good. Krieder had 52 goals, which was like 25 more than his previous career high, that was never going to be sustainable. As for Igor, I thinks he's still playing quite well but he only looks human because he's not playing at a .935 SV% clip, which again isn't sustainable for any goaltender.
The Rangers really need guys like Lafrenière, Chytil and Kaako to take the next step and start producing like top 6 players. That's when everything will start correct itself.