One massive issue seemingly doomed Rangers’ season from the jump

The Rangers locker room’s poor reception of the way Barclay Goodrow was waived and the way Jacob Trouba was shopped last offseason was well documented.

It was not only widely reported in the immediate aftermath, but it was evident in just the feeling inside MSG Training Center on the very first day of training camp. Goodrow may have been on the other side of the country beginning his season in San Jose, after the Blueshirts circumvented his 15-team no-trade list in a prearranged deal with the Sharks, but Trouba had to come back into the room and serve as the captain of the team that just tried to get rid of...
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