The 1994 comparisons need to stop.
This team keeps Richards, Pyatt etc over Kreider, Miller
PLEASE. STOP. MAKING. EVERY. YEAR. 1994.
It happened. It's over. It's not gonna happen again.
People who think this thread is a callback to 94 are completely missing the point.
Is the point, "it's only pre-season ©" or "anything can happen ®?"
I wouldn't consider a 4-2 loss to the newly formed Mighty Ducks as embarrassing! Plus, the finished that month over .500 (7-5-1).
However, the Rangers went 11-1-1 in November that season! There is hope!
HA!
Kreider not being able to hold Kovalev's jock strap also has something to do with it.
That team had young Kovalev, allowed to play, screw up but also contribute.
This team holds back Kreider.
That team had more speed.
This team keeps Richards, Pyatt etc over Kreider, Miller
That team had Zubov ... ok, we need to bite the bullet and trade Stepan for Jones to get around that.
"One game doesn't define a team â„¢"
That's the thing. From a fan's perspective, I agree. Don't define the team based on one bad game.
But from a player's perspective, I want last night's game seared into their memory for the rest of the season. I want them to be absolutely ashamed and feel extreme embarrassment. And I want them to move forward with that memory and play with a chip on their shoulders.
Outside of Callahan's post game interview, and maybe Boyle's temper tantrum on Stuart at the end of the game, I didn't see that from a single player last night.
And AV looked like a deer in the headlights in his post game interview. "Clean slate" is the opposite of what they need right now in my opinion. Not to say he should hold a grudge or throw some guys in the dog house. But if he just lets them forget last night's game, and takes the approach that they should "eh, move on, its just one bad game" -- to me that is the wrong attitude to take.
Chris Kreider holds back KreiderThat team had young Kovalev, allowed to play, screw up but also contribute.
This team holds back Kreider.
That team had more speed.
This team keeps Richards, Pyatt etc over Kreider, Miller
That team had Zubov ... ok, we need to bite the bullet and trade Stepan for Jones to get around that.
Meant shouldn't. Not should.
One game.
Remember when torts yelled at Sam last year after a bad game? Imagine him after last night![]()
...and we all know what happened after that.
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That team had young Kovalev, allowed to play, screw up but also contribute.
This team holds back Kreider.
That team had more speed.
This team keeps Richards, Pyatt etc over Kreider, Miller
That team had Zubov ... ok, we need to bite the bullet and trade Stepan for Jones to get around that.
Though I agree with what you're saying you may have to let 1983 go. I mean your avatar is sorta the same thing, hahaYou have to let 1994 go already, my god lol