Yeah but we weren't winning anything while he here. He was the leader of the free-lance parade, who also made it clear he didn't like being coached up.
Plus signing him to any type of multi-year deal was a complete non starter.
I mean, sure. I wouldn't hang my hat on him long-term. Then again, I wouldn't have hung my hat on Zibanejad long-term, but here we are.
I kind of get he free-lance thing because sometimes Panarin is annoying and Strome was always very annoying. That being said, the team's main downfall is that they don't generate enough offense and somehow everyone seemed to get this idea in their heads that they would generate more offense if they grinded more.
We've been gaslit by this team for 30, maybe 40 years depending on how long you've been doing it. Have zero offensive stars and then say you weren't tough enough to win. It's Rangers hockey.
Right now, we are grinding more. With the exception of last night which was just a tape burning, every game has been a mudshow. I get it, and I would have done the same thing in Lavi's shoes, but lo and behold, it's just turning into a different flavor of the same house of cards.
And plenty of people are
still complaining that we're just not getting to the dirty areas!
Sorry, but we're just not good at offense. We're not good at because the forward corps is ass and has a dearth of talent.
Yeah, we have Panarin and Kreider. That does not a good forward group make. Jesper Bratt has like 50 points already and he's leaps and bounds from being NJ's best forward. That's what the difference is. After Panarin and Kreider, our next best forward is....honestly, not even worth figuring out.
Wait until it happens before saying it then.
No.
