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End of an era: Gorton in, Sather out after 15 years as Rangers GM

2014 NHL Stanley Cup Final - Practice Sessions

2014 NHL Stanley Cup Final - Practice Sessions

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The third-longest tenured general manager in the NHL has stepped aside.

On Wednesday, the New York Rangers announced that Glen Sather -- who’s been in charge since June of 2000 -- has ceded GM duties to his longtime assistant, Jeff Gorton.

With the move, Gorton becomes the 11th general manager in New York Rangers history.

While reports of a new GM are always noteworthy, this one is more about the man passing the torch. Over the last 15 years, Sather has been a constant presence in New York, leading the club to the playoffs in nine of the last 10 seasons and one Stanley Cup Final (which the Rangers lost, to the Kings, in 2014).

Though the club was unable to hoist Lord Stanley’s Mug during the Sather era, it did achieve a number of successes -- including this year, when the team won a franchise-record 53 games and captured the Presidents’ trophy for the first time since 1994.

As for Gorton, he gets the Rangers gig after being hotly pursued by a number of clubs, including the Boston Bruins. He’s been working under Sather since 2007 and, prior to joining the Rangers, earned widespread praise for his previous work with the Bruins, having orchestrated theTuukka Rask-for-Andrew Raycroft trade.