New York Rangers from President's Trophy to Missed Playoffs?

[QJL]

Anyone saying the Rangers are going to rebound next year doesn’t know what they’re talking about. The team is cooked and has no soul. It’ll be 5+ years before they’re competitive again.

 

[Homelander]

Anyone saying the Rangers are going to rebound next year doesn’t know what they’re talking about. The team is cooked and has no soul. It’ll be 5+ years before they’re competitive again.

Thanks, Miss Cleo. Do you happen to know who will win the UFC fights tonight?

 

[ColbyChaos]

Thanks, Madame Cleo. Do you happen to know who will win the UFC fights tonight?

Volk, Chandler, Yair,

 

[ViD]

Anyone saying the Rangers are going to rebound next year doesn’t know what they’re talking about. The team is cooked and has no soul. It’ll be 5+ years before they’re competitive again.

Panarin, Shesterkin, Fox are still elite

With the right adjustments, no reason for them to not be competitive next year

 

[SI90]

The Banner was a bad idea

 

[Nikishin al Gaib]

Panarin, Shesterkin, Fox are still elite

With the right adjustments, no reason for them to not be competitive next year

Gonna be hard adjusting when so much of the team appeared to hit the age wall this year

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

I honestly hope they’re San Jose/Chicago level bad next year and lose out on one of the top picks in the draft. Will be fun to watch.

Would be hilarious and amazing if they handed us McKenna. But I doubt they'll take that chance and just give us the #10-12 pick this year instead.

 

[miscs75]

Would be hilarious and amazing if they handed us McKenna. But I doubt they'll take that chance and just give us the #10-12 pick this year instead.

Drury has too much of an ego to just fold. You know that if they miss the playoffs next year, they’re 1000% going to get McKenna. Uncle Gary doesn’t like making the mastermind behind The Sphere upset.

 

[Bandit]

Get back to me when they win the cup and then miss the following year…

 

[acor]

Its official!!!

There were few cases of teams that missed playoffs season after winning President Trophy, but only one team in the league managed to do it two times.

Your favourite team could NEVER.

 

[Grifter3511]

Gonna be hard adjusting when so much of the team appeared to hit the age wall this year

It's definitely hard for Laviolette to adjust. Wouldn't play the kids over the vets for anything. Maybe this age wall so many of them appear to be hitting will force him to eventually.

 

[markymarc1215]

I think most of us Ranger fans would tell you that last year was a lot of smoke and mirrors. This year's team was the most unlikeable group I've ever seen and I've been a fan since 1988. I cannot recall another season where the majority of the fanbase openly rooted for them to miss the playoffs so that this team can get blown up.

 

[Huggy43]

RIP the coaching staff.
Not for potentially losing their jobs but for having to fight JT at the exit meetings.

 

[QJL]

Panarin, Shesterkin, Fox are still elite

With the right adjustments, no reason for them to not be competitive next year

I am expressing a 99% consensus opinion among Rangers fans. I don’t personally know a single one that shares this optimism.

Panarin hasn’t had a good playoffs in a decade and Shesterkin and Fox were not elite this year. That’s not enough of a core to create meaningful success.

 

[3074326]

Get back to me when they win the cup and then miss the following year…

Nah bro. No cups for them. f*** em

 

[ColbyChaos]

Panarin, Shesterkin, Fox are still elite

With the right adjustments, no reason for them to not be competitive next year

Zibanebad is already mid af and he’s getting old

Panarin is getting there in age now

Kreider is old

Miller is old

Their younger guys aren’t developing


Their cup window is closing fast and that team isn’t finding a #1 C in free agency

 

[Rafafouille]

Get back to me when they win the cup and then miss the following year…

You know the funniest thing about that?


2012 Kings: 40-27-15, 95 points, +15 goal differential (194GF, 179GA), Stanley Cup Winners

2015 Kings: 40-27-15, 95 points, +15 goal differential (220GF, 205GA), Missed playoffs.

Basically the exact same season, far different results.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

The Banner was a bad idea

The banner was worded stupidly, but the Rangers and many other teams have raised Presidents Trophy banners before. The stupid wording just gave insecure rival fans something to bitch about on the internet.

 

[Fatass]

The Banner was a bad idea

Giving up their first (and a lot more) for a 32 year old with six more years at 8 per was a bad idea. The Rangers have an old core. They should be rebuilding through the draft, and not trading their firsts for more old guys.

 

[KingsFan7824]

That 1994 team was a perfect storm for them. Yes, they had won the Presidents Trophy in 1992 but then missed the playoffs in 1993.

Everything came together perfectly for them in 1994, that was such a one-off team where you knew they weren't going to repeat.

4 of their top 5 playoff scorers were in their early to mid 20's. Plus Richter. Which is crazy, because when you think of the 94 Rangers, you think 80's Oilers East, which makes them an old team. If the 94 Rangers won the Cup today, we'd be saying oh they'll win more. Just make a few good moves, and they're good. They ended up with the 6th best record over the following 3 seasons, with the 4th most playoff games played. Ending that 96-97 season against Lindros at his best career playoff performance, after of course adding Gretzky in his last impactful season.

 

[Grifter3511]

Giving up their first (and a lot more) for a 32 year old with six more years at 8 per was a bad idea. The Rangers have an old core. They should be rebuilding through the draft, and not trading their firsts for more old guys.

But Rangers have a culture problem, and i was told bringing in the 32 year old vet who took a leave of absence from his previous team because he couldn't get along with them and is prone to sulking and pouting is the cure to such problems?

 

[chethejet]

The debate on the Pens board is do the Rangers give up the first this year to keep a lottery protected 2026 pick. If Rangers really go south next year, Pens can make hay. Rangers never think they will stink so they run the risk of a 2026 playoff team and the pick is not as good as this year. Or not.

 

[Siidekik]

They rushed the rebuild they had going on in 2019-2020 and now they're paying the price for it. Can't believe I thought Laf - Kakko was gonna be the next MacK - Rantanen

 

[SI90]

Giving up their first (and a lot more) for a 32 year old with six more years at 8 per was a bad idea. The Rangers have an old core. They should be rebuilding through the draft, and not trading their firsts for more old guys.

Weird thing is they committed to that around 2017 and I thought it was the right decision and it just hasn’t worked out. Just their first round picks alone

Lias Andersson-Bust
Cytil- NHLer but concussion issues. Used to get Miller
Kravatsov-Bust
K’Andre Miller- NHL dman but inconsistent
Lundqvist- traded for 1st
Kakko- trade away too soon for nothing
Lafreniere- 1st overall. Not franchise changing and inconsistent.
Schneider- might be their most solid bang for buck first pick. Solid defender, young and can be a top 4
Othman- looks solid still young so wary to tell
Perreault- looks promising. Too young to tell
Emery- looks like a future solid defensive dman but too early to tell.


They missed a lot on their 1sts when they committed to keeping picks and drafting. That hurts a team

 

[EpochLink]

But Rangers have a culture problem, and i was told bringing in the 32 year old vet who took a leave of absence from his previous team because he couldn't get along with them and is prone to sulking and pouting is the cure to such problems?

His baby mama has injected herself with the team yet