Getty The New York Rangers had a chance to make the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs this season, but this happened and everything went downhill. The New York Rangers entered this season with hopes of turning things around. For a while, it seemed like they might just pull that off. The Rangers , while hardly dominating the NHL, were in the playoff picture for most of the first half of the season. On January 2, the Blueshirts snapped a three-game skid with a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers . That was