I did not question the decision to move Gaborik down the lineup. It was warranted. That has never been in question from my side. Yet I fail to see a consistent behaviour twds his BFF Richards.
I also however said there was discontent within the team that gave credibility to Averys tweets. And there was.
Now it is up to Johnny Boy to start piling up the wins. And fast. You apologists and fans of his non hockey philosophy better hope so too - because I hope you are diehard NYR fans and not just fans of this moronic caveman system he so randomly deploys. When they won - I could reluctantly live with it as I want the Rangers to win foremost. Now playing .500 hockey it becomes unbearable to watch. And the hypocrisy the gut emnates is simply putrid. But I also think it was a fluke last year. Hope I am wrong because I will gladly eat crow if they turn it around
This ^, and let us remember, that getting more breaks than not, even though we advanced deep last year, we were too beat up and too exhausted to finish the job. That's honest reality.
Now, if you could say that was because of lack of conditioning or something, that would be one thing. Rangers were in excellent condition last year. So if it is not the physical condition(ing) of the players, what is to blame for that result? Answer: the Torts system.
This is on top of the fact that there is too much excessive shot blocking = too much injury. Guys play, even if they play hurt = they play subpar.
We need a better system.
The old Rangers, Ratelle, Park, Giacomin, Villemure, etc were a joy to watch, and were more than competitive most nights. Woulda won coupla cups if not for Orr.
Rangers have world class netminder. Solid top 4 d. varying degrees of ability on F. Need a more aggressive offense based system, keeps puck out of our end, in opposition zone more, rely on individual excellence of Staal/Hank etc, to cover those percentage gambles. Keep up the pressure. Till opposition cracks.
