The long game for the Rangers is almost certainly for Igor Shestyorkin to take over for Henrik Lundqvist when he finally wraps up a Hall of Fame-worthy career.



Then, a few years later, all eyes will turn to Olof Lindbom — the goaltender the team was so high on that they reached into the early picks of the second round this summer to snag him.



For now, though, the Metro Division’s lone Original Six club has been limping along and plugging the holes in the lineup as best they can. Their current position in the standings, where they sit sixth in their division and 23rd in the league, is largely only due to unreal goaltending from their veteran starter out of the gate (and, to be frank, some miserable goaltending from the two divisional rivals sitting below them at the moment).



As the Rangers found out all too quickly in the early weeks of 2019, though, there was only so much that Lundqvist could do to mask the defensive inefficiencies in front of...