Rangers Face a Hot Stove Wake-Up Call After Carolina’s Cup Run

Carolina’s Cup win flips the calendar fast and leaves the Rangers staring straight at a busy offseason. The kind of summer that follows a championship elsewhere usually forces every front office to look harder at its own holes, and New York is no exception. The pressure here is not subtle, because the Eastern race never waits for a team to catch its breath. The Rangers now have to decide whether they are patching around the edges or making a real swing.