"Wrapping up our 2024-2025 report cards is Chris Drury and the Rangers front office. To put it mildly, many of the Rangers issues last year started with Drury's summer roster management, which he tried to rectify with a flurry of midseason trades. As such, his report card grade is a tale of two Drury's."
"It's easy to say that Chris Drury did nothing good last season, but getting out of that Jacob Trouba contract was a big win. Even if the approach was flawed, which we all know what happened by now, he was able to trade a severely declining player with a monster contract without retaining salary and still managed to get a useful piece or two. That's a major win for Drury."
"Not directly part of the trade deadline was the acquisition of JT Miller. This was probably the highlight of Chris Drury's 2024-2025 season, as the Rangers landed Miller for Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini, and a 1st round pick. This was less of a trade deadline move and more of a retooling move, Miller has already been named captain and will be the team's new first line center."
Many Rangers issues began with Chris Drury's summer roster management, prompting a midseason flurry of trades to fix problems. The season is characterized by two phases: initial mistakes that created headaches and later corrective moves. A significant positive was unloading Jacob Trouba's large contract without retaining salary while acquiring useful assets. Drury handled the trade deadline by selling assets rather than forcing a playoff push, netting picks for Ryan Lindgren, Jimmy Vesey, and a third-rounder for Reilly Smith. The acquisition of JT Miller stands out as the season highlight, with Miller named captain and slated as the new first-line center. Some moves, such as trading for Carson Soucy and navigating exchanged picks, remained questionable and blurred the line between bad and ugly.
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