JD Could Save Broadway

Building a hockey team isn't exactly an easy thing to do. You have to know what kind of system you want to have run, know the talent pool that's out there, and what's already in the locker room. And just as important, you have to know what city your dealing with. When it comes to New York, and the sports teams that play here, winning means a lot. The Rangers are one of those teams and they just brought back a familiar figure to run the franchise. John Davidson is back with the club as team president.

Davidson has plenty of experience dealing with New York. He spent eight years tending goal on Broadway, going 93-90-25 during regular season play. Once his playing career finished in 1983, Davidson went to the broadcast booth, joining MSG's hockey coverage staff in 1983, and was the color commentator for Rangers games from 1986–87 to 2005–06. During that time he also did color work on National coverage for ABC and NBC. So he knows the market and how Rangers fans can react when the team isn't doing so well.

Many wondered when Davidson took over as President of the St Louis Blues in 2006 if JD was really cut out for that job. Well, after six years as President , he oversaw a major turnaround in the team, getting them going back in the right direction and helping see the Blues become a steady force in the Playoffs. Same thing he did when he joined the Blue Jackets in Columbus. He helped build that team into what we see on the ice now, or did in this year's playoffs.

He can do it again here in New York. Davidson has the track record as President in both St. Louis and Columbus that he can build a team that can make noise in the playoffs. he's taking over a rebuilding Rangers team that went 32-36-14 last season.t's not going to be easy, but JD is your guy. He can put this thing together and he knows how to handle Rangers fans and this market. he'll be just fine.