Post-Game Talk: I think this team might have some flaws

[ViD]

Fire Drury; name Ken Holland the interim GM

Fire Laviolette; hire Coach Q


And let Holland trade most of these limp dick losers away. Keep Igor, Laf, and Cuylle. Everyone else can be had.

Panarin with 36 in 29?

Columbus offers Minnesota 1st and no retention

 

[ViD]

I've always been under the impression that he wasn't really on board with bringing him on to begin with and quite honestly I can't really blame him. The timing of it was just so dumb to begin with. This isn't a hindsight thing, I've been screaming this from the hills since before he was signed.

The Rangers had a couple deep play off runs and made play offs every year with Panarin scoring 31 points in 36 games. Bad timing ?

In fact, Panarin never missed play offs in his career (unless you take the play in loss as such )

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

What's the best thing he's done, seriously? Probably the Trouba trade. Everything else has been bad or worse.

Its easily the Trocheck signing which even with his down year this season (to this point) has been a massive plus. Gustafsson last year was a good move which had positive impacts on the D even if it were in a bottom pair role.

He also got a 1st for Nils doofy ass. Traded it away trying to reassemble Panarin's super best friends squad in 2023 but isolated, that was also a massive win.

I thought his 2022 TDL was really good. Vatrano, Copp, Motte were all positive contributors during that run.

But to your point, we're 4 years into his tenure and the roster is still primarily made up of guys who were added during the Gorton years or were drafted while he was GM. Of the regulars/semi regulars on the roster right now, Drury guys are -

Trocheck
Mancini
Carrick
Vesey
Ruhweedel if you want to count him and his 9000 trips through the waiver wire.

Thats not even close to enough.

He inhertied some tough blemishes, but he added his own (some how got out of one unscathed) and hasn't really done anything to improve the areas that were obvious areas to improve and he had the pieces to do it. Lindgren and Kakko in the summer of 2022 probably gets you a pretty f***ing good LHD.

The Rangers had a couple deep play off runs and made play offs every year with Panarin scoring 31 points in 36 games. Bad timing ?

In fact, Panarin never missed play offs in his career (unless you take the play in loss as such )

35 in 46 as a Ranger (counting the play in, 33 in 43 if you don't.)

He's their top paid forward and has led them in scoring each of his 5 years in NY.

He hasn't led the team in scoring in any of their runs. Heck he's been outproduced by Zibanejad over the last 3 playoff runs (not just collectively, but in each individual run as well) who gets shit on here constantly.

He also missed the playoffs in 2021.

When you look at what he's been able to do in the regular season, being sub ppg in the playoffs is a really bad look. It's not the only reason they've fallen short but he's definitely been part of the problem.

 

[LokiDog]

Panarin with 36 in 29?

Columbus offers Minnesota 1st and no retention

We would want to retain and maximize the value to a contender who wants him for 2 runs. He’d have to waive, but I think with the wheels falling off in NY, he would be fine waiving for two more cracks at the Cup. Unlikely to get it here, unlikely to get re-signed unless he wants to take a discount (also seems unlikely) and has control over his future the summer after next. Would he waive for Columbus? Minnesota’s 1st is looking quite late and I find it very unlikely that would be the best we could get for him. Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota themselves, Edmonton, Florida all seem like contending teams that would likely bid at 5.8M.

 

[GbgRanger]

Unbelievable
Point 1 - coach sucks, point 2 - coaching sucks,point 3 - GM sucks, passing sucks, shot selection sucks, offensive zone time sucks, second shots few and far between, defense sucks, going into the hard areas laughable, hard to play against no chance, effort half way decent, if I never see Kaako again it will be too soon. There are others, too many to mention
Rose colored glasses are becoming clear. This is GARBAGE

I would say the players suck. Three different coaches yielding exactly the same result. What is the common denominator?