Confidence levels in Drury have plummeted this season, despite the team president and GM getting a recent extension.

The Rangers had Stanley Cup-contending aspirations coming off a trip to the Eastern Conference final. Instead, they struggled through off-ice drama involving captain Jacob Trouba, who was traded to Anaheim in December.

This is a Rangers team, as Mark Messier suggested on ABC toward the end of the season, that needs to create an identity.