Last year at this time, the Rangers were considered to be one of the NHL’s finest teams, with numerous publications (including this one) projecting them to capture Lord Stanley’s chalice. With goaltender Henrik Lundqvist coming off two consecutive seasons as a Vezina Trophy finalist — and with all-world Czech star Jaromir Jagr pacing the offense — the sky seemed the limit for the Blueshirts, whose seeming embarrassment of riches was expanded to include free agent signees Scott Gomez and Chris Drury.