The Rangers — and their fans — dreamed of 16 wins. They got three.

They were constructed with the firepower and experience to overwhelm a rookie goaltender in Game 7. They were shut out when it mattered.

Now, after the autopsy is complete of Monday night’s 4-0 loss to the rival Devils — not as close as the score would indicate! — and the collapse from 2-0 up in the series, the Rangers organization faces a painful offseason.

When franchise legend Mark Messier, appearing almost forlorn on the ESPN set during the second intermission, muttered, “Too much to fix,” it seemed as if he was not simply addressing the Rangers’ 2-0 deficit entering the third period at Prudential Center.