But the team’s top decision-makers know they can’t let the good fortune of landing the No.

“I think we’re in a good spot, I really do,” president John Davidson said Tuesday on a Zoom call.

“I think when you really stop and think about building a franchise to try to win a championship, you’ve got to have the understanding that it’s a slow-moving, mostly, type of process.

But at the same time, you can’t get ahead of yourself, it just doesn’t work that way.

You start getting ahead of yourself, you’re going to make some mistakes and then you’re going to go backwards, and then you’re going to have to start over.”.

They were missing Igor Shesterkin for the first two games, but the losses were not on Henrik Lundqvist as the Rangers offense went missing, scoring just four goals in the three-game series.

A self-described optimist, Davidson wanted to focus on the benefit going through the series could have on the Rangers’ young players, 11 of whom made their postseason debuts.

“It was always an eye-opening experience when you get into something new like that, but you also can’t overreact,” Davidson said.

“I think the good portion of the season that we played, which got better as we moved along, showed some great signs with a lot of people.

And as I had said to a number of people going into it, it was the unknown.

“It’s not so much patience, it’s just trying to use your smarts, and have a pure understanding of exactly how hard it is to win in this league,” Davidson said

I think the Ranger fans have been fantastic, having the understanding of that’s what the organization’s going to do

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