Yeah pretty sure it goes by points after the top four.
Then I realized how correct he was when you actually analyze the last 3 years. Rangers have Benjamin Button Syndrome. In a recent interview pre Chris Dennis our GM MM said his blue print is to build up a team and go for it every 3rd year. This being the 3rd year. Forget where we were the year before last. (Old Timers) Last year the team finished 7th. This year 8th. The plan might not hang any banners up in the rafters beside the Fans #1 banner but it seems to fit the syndrome to a tee. Next season is a new beginning. Maybe MM hires Mike Farwell to coach.
He won a championship coaching a road hockey team in a tough down town neighbourhood.
Maybe the Rangers analytics department advised against a Kitchener / London matchup? Didn’t like the odds of upsetting a team two years in a row?
Playing Windsor is just ripping the bandaid off and taking the Ranger fans out of their misery.
This Benjamin Button cycle doesn't need to happen with a lot better scouting and player development. Then there wouldn't be a need to empty the cupboard to hide those 2 shortcomings.Seeing Ward post reminded me about his "nick name" for Paul Fixter. Benjamin Button.
Knight fans were as nervous as an old dog trying to crap razor blades. They breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when the Rangers rested players. They still are having reoccurring night mares of Petizian doing the famous celly sliding across their ice pad screaming like Tarzan.
There is the obvious........All this talk about "trying" to finish in a spot whereas not to meet Sarnia or Windsor in the 1st round. That London might be the "easier" road. And the Knights listening to all this knowing that we play the last game of the year in their barn. Yeah, I'd be sitting our best players for sure!
Great post Ranger 77. MM is the GM. He is responsible for this years fiasco. Despite the trades and regardless of how great people think this Ranger team is "on paper" they finished in 8th place. This is an 8th place team. McKenzie did no better than Dennis who he fired. Rangers need a complete over haul behind the bench and in the front office. Not going to happen though. They won't spend the money to bring in another Deboer and let him run the show. Dale Hunter won 900 games. Rangers went through what 10 coaches in that time frame.
If we're not going to hire a good coach/GM I really like your idea of Farsey and Poper
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Out of those ten I see only two good coaches...VanRyn and McKee. I think that explains a lot!
And after this season I think we can safely say every GM we've had since DeBoer has been a disaster.
No increase in price per round? Here's Knights STH price if you comit to buy ALL games.
That's one of the perks of being a Ranger STH - ticket prices don't increase round to round. Unfortunately it's a perk that rarely gets to be used.
This makes sense. London makes most of their money in the later rounds. Rangers rarely get there so it's more expensive in the 1st round for us.
So for Adult it's really 0%, 7%, 13%, 18.5%. Math. No wonder we are "contending"
At the the senior's are getting a 1st round discount. Though I think most of them nodded off half way through the regular season! LOL!
