The New York Rangers have started up the offseason, and now, with the fifth overall pick, will have a lot of work to do when it comes to scouting talent. Coming into the NHL Draft Lottery, the team was undoubtedly hopeful that they would move up a couple of spots or, at the very least, be on the clock at number three. Unfortunately, it ended up being a worst-case scenario for the team and they dropped the lowest they could to number five. If the Rangers were selecting with one of the Top 2 picks, the decision on who to take would have likely been pretty easy with Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg sitting at the top of the draft. However, due to the drop, it opens up a lot more possibilities for who the team might take. In a perfect world, the team would have been able to land an impact winger or a playmaker up the middle. Unfortunately, when looking at the talent pool coming out this year, there aren’t a ton of those projected to be available in their range currently.…