Report: Glen Sather uncertain about future as Rangers GM

Is the Glen Sather era coming to an end in the Big Apple?

The New York Rangers general manager certainly didn't squash the notion in an email exchange with Larry Brooks of the New York Post:

Glen Sather indicated in an email exchange with The Post on Friday that he is undecided about continuing as Rangers general manager.

Asked whether he would be returning for his 16th year as GM, or whether he had yet to make that decision, Sather replied: 'Sorry, I don't have anything to tell you.'

To the follow-up email in which The Post asked whether it would then be accurate to write that he is, in fact, undecided about his future, Sather responded: 'OK.'

Sather, 71, currently holds a lifetime contract with the organization, and has served as both president and GM since 2000. It's widely believed that assistant GM Jeff Gorton is the heir to the latter position, leaving Sather to serve as a figure head by strictly focusing on the former.

Brooks, in fact, reports Sather denied permission to both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins in regards to interviewing Gorton for their GM positions, lending credence to his standing as the front-runner if and when Sather does step up to the presidency.

Sather is currently up for the NHL's GM of the Year Award after the Rangers established franchise records for wins (53) and points (113) in a season, while also winning the Presidents’ Trophy and coming within one win of a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final.