Why ex-Rangers GM praises James Dolan, though ‘stung’ by firing in 2021
Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Jeff Gorton thought that he had the New York Rangers headed in the right direction in 2021, three years after owner James Dolan embraced a rebuild plan. After just missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs again in the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season, the Rangers appeared on the verge better days ahead. And they were.
Only without Gorton, who was fired by Dolan along with team president John Davidson on May 5, 2021. “That one stung, I’m not going to hide from that. I didn’t see it coming and I felt like we were on a really good path,” Gorton shared this week on the Inside the Game podcast with Pierre McGuire.
“You worked your whole career to get that kind of job and you think you’re doing a really good job. I feel like if I was doing a really bad job I’d be like ‘OK, I get it. It’s somebody else’s turn.
I’ve got to be better. ’ But I never felt like that. I felt like we were doing a really good job and we were on a really good path.
And they did really well after I was gone. It hurt. ” Just under six years after replacing Glen Sather, Gorton was out, in turn replaced by his assistant GM Chris Drury.
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