The New York Rangers have long been trying to find a way to make it back to the Stanley Cup Final. Then, the Rangers brought in Gerard Gallant, who coached the Vegas Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Final in their first year of existence. 7 seed, and made it to the Stanley Cup Final, where they lost in six games to the Chicago Blackhawks. But in 2017, Nashville won the Western Conference title, earning their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final. Rangers fans watched Knoblauch from afar, and he looked like he was the answer to ending the Oilers Stanley Cup drought,.