Most Disappointing Team in Recent Times

[markymarc1215]

Curious as to which Rangers team let you down the most given their expected performance.

 

[Ruggs225]

I am not actually disappointed this year. I knew going in this team was flawed and have wantsd to move on from Kreider, trouba and lindgren for years. Miller is another one i wanted to be traded in offseason.

If kreider is finally gone after this year i consider it a win.

The biggest disappointment of this year is the shesterkin contract.

 

[markymarc1215]

I am not actually disappointed this year. I knew going in this team was flawed and have wantsd to move on from Kreider, trouba and lindgren for years. Miller is another one i wanted to be traded in offseason.

If kreider is finally gone after this year i consider it a win.

The biggest disappointment of this year is the shesterkin contract.

Yeah I think most of us felt last year was an abberation. We already knew about the core quitting on coaches in Year 2 and the inevitable roster movement to make cap space. That being said, I didn't think we'd get to these lows. But at this point, the house cleaning needs to start with a new GM and then a coach who will play our prospects with regular ice time.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

>recent history

>1993

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Yeah I think most of us felt last year was an abberation. We already knew about the core quitting on coaches in Year 2 and the inevitable roster movement to make cap space. That being said, I didn't think we'd get to these lows. But at this point, the house cleaning needs to start with a new GM and then a coach who will play our prospects with regular ice time.

Last year wasn’t so much an aberration, they were pretty much in line with the previous 2 years, they just won more OT games to win the Presidents. It’s not like they came out of nowhere .

But that was the ceiling and they’re falling off hard

 

[Harbour Dog]

I'm too young to really remember the first four years listed, so I never voted.

That said, I think I would likely not vote for this season, if I was more informed. It's been miserable, and terrible to watch, but because we've bottomed out so hard, I have found some (probably laughably unwarranted) optimism that eyes have been opened to the glaring flaws in how we've structured this core.

 

[SA16]

The most disappointing Ranger team recently was the 2024 Texas Rangers.

 

[TGWL]

The flaws were there last season. Our powerplay and come back victories pushed up to a 1st place finish. We didn't look like a first place team through-out the season. Playoffs came and because of how many games it took fan bragged that we crushed Washington. We looked pretty awful against Washington. A loss right there would have brought all expectations back down for this season. In 1992-1993, we came off a president trophy winning season and fell hard.

I don't think I view this season as disappointment. I view this team and the surrounding players highly unlikeable.

EDIT: The season after our cup win would be viewed much worse had we not made playoffs by 1 point.

 

[McRanger92]

>recent history

>1993

I was 1 year old lol. Also the fact that they won the Cup in 94 after one of their "worst seasons ever" just shows that nothing matters in hockey year over year.

 

[Machinehead]

I wasn't old enough to remember the 1992-93 season, so I get it if you voted for that.

2015-16 not being an option is insane. Cup Final in 13-14 with great underlying numbers. President's Trophy in 14-15 with still decent underlying numbers. 2015-16, they were suddenly one of the most ineffective teams in the league. Extremely similar to this team.

By the definition of disappointed I don't think you've been paying close enough attention if you chose this team.

I think the signs have been there for awhile whereas 15-16 is closer to actually being that.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

Yeah this team is just super unlikeable and they don't work hard in any area of the ice. Just going through the motions quitting on yet another coach.

 

[NYRfan85]

97-98 gets my vote, because they were coming off of a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals, and still had a solid lineup. Plus, that kickstarted the no-playoffs dark age seasons from 1997-2004.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

92-93 by a fair margin. I'd even consider an argument that the 91-92 team was better than the 93-94 team that won it all.

 

[Profet]

>recent history

>1993

Mods please ban

 

[Machinehead]

92-93 by a fair margin. I'd even consider an argument that the 91-92 team was better than the 93-94 team that won it all.

They probably were. We traded half the team at the '94 deadline to get less talented.

Good thing Leetch had the best Conn Smythe run ever with one shoulder.

 

[Bob Richards]

I wasn't old enough to remember the 1992-93 season, so I get it if you voted for that.

2015-16 not being an option is insane. Cup Final in 13-14 with great underlying numbers. President's Trophy in 14-15 with still decent underlying numbers. 2015-16, they were suddenly one of the most ineffective teams in the league. Extremely similar to this team.

By the definition of disappointed I don't think you've been paying close enough attention if you chose this team.

I think the signs have been there for awhile whereas 15-16 is closer to actually being that.

God that was so awesome. I remember when they made it to thanksgiving with like a 16-3-2 record and Lundqvist had .999 save percentage.

There was a lot of good feelings until @Inferno made what I think of as a legendary HFNYR thread basically saying “don’t care about the record. This team is playing like shit” and it started a massive audit debate about our performance. It was like the first step towards the war this place had over the course of the season. He shot the Archduke.

 

[TheGortonConspiracy]

Most Disappointing Team in Recent Times​

> includes a team from more than 30 years ago

I voted current season for obvious reasons, every player except Cuylle has literally gotten worse this year vs last, no one cares, most games have been unwatchable, suddenly we are fighting for a wildcard spot at the end somehow the team goes 3-6-1 in their last 10

 

[The Crypto Guy]

For their “expected performance” easily between now and 92-93.

The teams in the early 00’s were absolutely brutal to watch though.

 

[JohnC]

God that was so awesome. I remember when they made it to thanksgiving with like a 16-3-2 record and Lundqvist had .999 save percentage.

There was a lot of good feelings until @Inferno made what I think of as a legendary HFNYR thread basically saying “don’t care about the record. This team is playing like shit” and it started a massive audit debate about our performance. It was like the first step towards the war this place had over the course of the season. He shot the Archduke.

The Eric Staal season :shudders:

 

[Beliveau]

Accuse me of recency bias if you want, but we won the President's Trophy last year, so I vote for this year.

 

[markymarc1215]

They probably were. We traded half the team at the '94 deadline to get less talented.

Good thing Leetch had the best Conn Smythe run ever with one shoulder.

Mike Richter's Game 6 performance vs the Devils in Period 1 and 2 is the difference between winning a Stanley Cup and yet another disappointing conference finals loss. Neil Smith probably loses his job after 94 if they didn't win it all. Which also might have resulted in Keenan staying. But that is all hindsight.

 

[Machinehead]

Mike Richter's Game 6 performance vs the Devils in Period 1 and 2 is the difference between winning a Stanley Cup and yet another disappointing conference finals loss. Neil Smith probably loses his job after 94 if they didn't win it all. Which also might have resulted in Keenan staying. But that is all hindsight.

That's true, we really kind of hit the wall against the Devils and Mike kept us in it.

 

[jacko23]

I feel like recency bias is going to sway the votes pretty heavy on this one, so I refused to vote for this year's team right away. Not to say they aren't a disappointment considering the run the last couple years.

The first time I ever got disappointed by this team was the 98 season and at that point, none of us had any way of knowing the Dark Ages had just begun.

When was the shitty Olli Jokinen shootout attempt against the Flyers that kept us out of the playoffs? Was that 09-10? Because if not, THAT sure deserves to be there.

 

[Mandar]

Accuse me of recency bias if you want, but we won the President's Trophy last year, so I vote for this year.

Just for clarity....the Rangers won the President's Trophy in 1991-92 and then shit the bed and missed the playoffs in 92-93, There are definite similarities.

 

[Greg02]

God that was so awesome. I remember when they made it to thanksgiving with like a 16-3-2 record and Lundqvist had .999 save percentage.

There was a lot of good feelings until @Inferno made what I think of as a legendary HFNYR thread basically saying “don’t care about the record. This team is playing like shit” and it started a massive audit debate about our performance. It was like the first step towards the war this place had over the course of the season. He shot the Archduke.

Wasn't that the original "This is a bad hockey team"?