Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
Regarding the Rangers, a few days into the nearly five-month offseason that is their longest since 2019:
1. There will be no shortage of candidates for the head coaching position during this search that president-general manager Chris Drury pledged would be wide-ranging without prescribed preconditions.
Meaning that the field this time will not be limited to men who have been the head coach of multiple NHL teams. It might even mean that the field might not be limited to men.
Remember, Drury and the Rangers hired Jessica Campbell to be a coach at the 2022 development camp before she was hired on a full-time basis by Seattle, for whom she was an AHL assistant coach for two years before stepping up to become an assistant coach last season with the Kraken.