Everyone knows the problems for the New York Rangers, such as they are.

Hard to knock the success for a team that has been to two Eastern Conference Finals in three years and just won the Presidents' Trophy, but the way in which they rack up all those wins in the regular season and early rounds of the playoffs. You don't get to the fourth-best regular-season and fifth-best playoff points percentages since 2021-22 by accident, but the fact that they can't really seem to get over the hump tells you a lot about their roster construction.

They are a not-very-good team at 5-on-5, and make hay by scoring a ton on the man advantage (fourth in regular-season power-play percentage over the last three seasons) and relying on elite goaltending (second in overall save percentage). But being 23rd in 5-on