News Article: Do the Rangers have a culture problem? An exclusive look at what's bubbling at MSG

[Levitate]

It's been rotten for over twenty years

20 years ago was 2004!
You can’t tell me the culture was good before that! lol

 

[Kords]

Just getting caught up in this thread. I have nothing to offer other than how funny Vince is for lobbing this grenade of an article and then going on paternity leave till February. I wouldn't wanna have to walk in the locker room or pass by Drury the next day either, maybe by then they will have forgot!

 

[McRanger92]

Just getting caught up in this thread. I have nothing to offer other than how funny Vince is for lobbing this grenade of an article and then going on paternity leave till February. I wouldn't wanna have to walk in the locker room or pass by Drury the next day either, maybe by then they will have forgot!

Are you serious? Talk about unprofessional. He learned a lot from our veterans

 

[Kords]

Are you serious? Talk about unprofessional. He learned a lot from our veterans

Yeah, on his podcast this morning he mentioned he had some time left over and wanted to use it before it expired. I’ll give him the benefit of doubt but the timing is funny to say the least.

 

[wolfgaze]

It's not rocket science. If you treat your employees with respect, they'll probably work harder for you. A conversation with Goodrow in the middle of the summer to the effect of "we appreciate your time here, but we're in a tough spot. We're going to move on from you, we'll look for a trade that works for us and works for you, but if that doesn't work we'll put you on waivers" is so easy and not asking much.

The expectation that GM's should inform players when they are actively being shopped is a recipe for disaster. What happens if a trade doesn't materialize in a timely fashion and GM's end up with player on their hands who is either depressed or disgruntled and their level of play suffers even more than what it already was like? Now you've got a player whose value is made even lower than what it already was - all because you informed them you were actively trying to trade and move on from them. This way of handling business could also result disrupting existing team chemistry and causing player/management issues once everyone knows that a certain player is actively being shopped. Not a wise strategy from GM's and this is why they do not inform every player they are thinking about trading or actively exploring trade options for.

NHL Players should fully understand that the ability to earn millions of dollars playing their favorite sport comes with trade-offs that include abruptly being informed that you've been traded and have to relocate yourself and family to another part of North America to continue earning millions of dollars playing their favorite sport. I don't feel bad for them for having to deal with this hardship when they are earning millions of dollars to play a sport they love.

 

[gabevh3]

20 years ago was 2004!
You can’t tell me the culture was good before that! lol

I wrote over twenty...i would say even before Gretzky retired.

 

[McRanger92]

Brooks, Boyle and Mollie covered the Kakko and locker room situations perfectly on their podcast.

 

[will1066]

20 years ago was 2004!
You can’t tell me the culture was good before that! lol

Well, there was literally no culture that year

 

[wolfgaze]

Brooks, Boyle and Mollie covered the Kakko and locker room situations perfectly on their podcast.

 

[wolfgaze]

Larry Brooks at the 13:05 mark of that podcast: "There is an air of victimhood in that locker room that I just don't get at all". He also makes reference to there being an "air of grievance" in the locker room and characterized the players as being like "mites" - implying they are being childlike/immature, and not conducting themselves like mature adults and professionals.

 

[Grifter3511]

The expectation that GM's should inform players when they are actively being shopped is a recipe for disaster. What happens if a trade doesn't materialize in a timely fashion and GM's end up with player on their hands who is either depressed or disgruntled and their level of play suffers even more than what it already was like? Now you've got a player whose value is made even lower than what it already was - all because you informed them you were actively trying to trade and move on from them. This way of handling business could also result disrupting existing team chemistry and causing player/management issues once everyone knows that a certain player is actively being shopped. Not a wise strategy from GM's and this is why they do not inform every player they are thinking about trading or actively exploring trade options for.

NHL Players should fully understand that the ability to earn millions of dollars playing their favorite sport comes with trade-offs that include abruptly being informed that you've been traded and have to relocate yourself and family to another part of North America to continue earning millions of dollars playing their favorite sport. I don't feel bad for them for having to deal with this hardship when they are earning millions of dollars to play a sport they love.

So how do NTCs work? Do you submit your list at the beginning of your contract? Do you submit a new one at the start of each year? Or does it not enter into the equation until the team is trying to move the player? If it's the latter of the three, it makes sense a GM would talk to the player in advance. Better than hammering out some details with another team's GM only to find out your player won't waive.

I'm assuming it doesn't work that way. But I honestly don't know. My apologies if it's been mentioned somewhere in this thread before.

 

[Brutananadilewski]

I think the best thing we can do is to put Dolan, all of Rangers management, SATHER, yes, him too, the team in one room, and....

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Larry Brooks is a click bait donkey

 

[eco's bones]

Larry Brooks is a click bait donkey

I was thinking that too. Maybe there's something real to what he's saying but the more salacious he can make this the more readers he's going to hook. He's very much a New York Post journalist though I do think he's a Rangers fan too. He was gushing over them last year but end of the day for him it's all to be turned into some kind of entertainment.

He's different than the other beat writers. He can thrive off of confrontation.....like his battles with Torts or the bashing he took from Dan Boyle with his 'Who me?' playing the victim card. Boyle was to some degree washed up at that point though.