Rangers have lost 13 out of their last 17 games. What would you do if you were Dolan (the owner of the team) or Drury (the GM)?

[JianYang]

Make everyone shave their sideburns.

 

[SladeWilson23]

They need to give the keys of the franchise to Laf. Make him the captain, and give him legit power play time.

 

[Anthem]

Maybe a closed door meeting just players/coaches/drury.

Say what you want but keep it inside for once.

I don't think the Rangers outside their rights or even really morally wrong in the Trouba thing but I do think Drury handled it very poorly and I think he should step up and have a conversation with the players instead of all their dirty laundry being constantly aired in the media.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

They will trade for Brady Tkachuk. The Rangers are shopping for a high impact player. Like how Mark Stone made Vegas that much better when they got him.

Trading Trouba and unloading his cap hit is a start.

 

[RandV]

Fire Drury. Hire Jim Benning.

Really though I don't know the ins & outs of what the Rangers are going through but when you fire a GM who other than this one season has run a successful team you're really rolling the dice on whether or not the next guy will actually be better. Start with the coach first.

 

[TBF1972]

if i was dolan i would blame the gm
if i was drury i would blame the owner

 

[TeamRenzo]

They will trade for Brady Tkachuk. The Rangers are shopping for a high impact player. Like how Mark Stone made Vegas that much better when they got him.

Trading Trouba and unloading his cap hit is a start.

They wont pay the price for BT

 

[GMR]

They should trade for Andrew Copp. He was a PPG player for them.

 

[KillerMillerTime]

smoke - fire on Krieder and Trouba so make your move. Cuylle is ready to take Kreider's spot and you really get people's attention with a move like that. Trouba is addition by subtraction but I assume you bring Martini back and possibly get a D in the deal.

Othmann and Berard can take roles.

Kreider, Othmann & Schneider for McAvoy.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I wouldn't have just extended their goalie to a questionable contract, but that's just me.

The Rangers seem to be at the precipice of a potential rebuild. Even last year while obviously a good team, Shesterkin hid a lot of the warts of that team that the Panthers exposed come playoff time.

 

[Fatass]

I wouldn't have just extended their goalie to a questionable contract, but that's just me.

The Rangers seem to be at the precipice of a potential rebuild. Even last year while obviously a good team, Shesterkin hid a lot of the warts of that team that the Panthers exposed come playoff time.

Top players are starting to age out of being top guys. The push from the younger pkayer for those top spots isn’t happening. Imo the club should have started a rebuild. But now with Shisterkin there for 8 more years he’s too good to rebuild around. Do I think they will be kind of stuck in that group of middle teams. 12-20. In the years they do make the playoffs, they will be round one exits.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Top players are starting to age out of being top guys. The push from the younger pkayer for those top spots isn’t happening. Imo the club should have started a rebuild. But now with Shisterkin there for 8 more years he’s too good to rebuild around. Do I think they will be kind of stuck in that group of middle teams. 12-20. In the years they do make the playoffs, they will be round one exits.

Yeah the Rangers seemed to be staring at a crossroads of "Rebuild" or "Keep the band together". I certainly understand their decision to go with the latter, but last year was probably their best chance to win it all and they couldn't muster a half-decent effort in front of their world class goalie.

Speaking of which, extending him until he's past his mid-30s certainly won't backfire. Drury won't be around long enough anyway so I doubt he cares, but Shesterkin put on an all world performance last year in the playoffs and it still wasn't enough to get the team to the promised land. Trading Shesterkin would've netted a pretty penny that could've really kickstarted a serious rebuild. Then again an original six team and one of the faces of the NHL waving the white flag isn't good for business. Boston has the same issue.

 

[mm11]

Rags have that switch that they can turn on anytime. Would not be surprised they bond together and smash the upcoming gauntlet of games. It's not even January people. Pfffff.

 

[Fatass]

Yeah the Rangers seemed to be staring at a crossroads of "Rebuild" or "Keep the band together". I certainly understand their decision to go with the latter, but last year was probably their best chance to win it all and they couldn't muster a half-decent effort in front of their world class goalie.

Speaking of which, extending him until he's past his mid-30s certainly won't backfire. Drury won't be around long enough anyway so I doubt he cares, but Shesterkin put on an all world performance last year in the playoffs and it still wasn't enough to get the team to the promised land. Trading Shesterkin would've netted a pretty penny that could've really kickstarted a serious rebuild. Then again an original six team and one of the faces of the NHL waving the white flag isn't good for business. Boston has the same issue.

Good points. Leafs did a painful rebuild and got great young players during it. Habs are still in their painful rebuild. They are collecting their next core of young guys.
Two original six clubs with crazy fan bases though so their clubs will be number one in their markets regardless.
I’m guessing the Rangers can’t go that painful rebuild route, considering the competition for sports interest there?
Plus the Rangers do have the advantage of being New York and that attracts UFAs, like Panarin. So if they are smart and keep moving off older guys contracts (Trouba) they can clear cap space to sign high end UFAs and rebuild that way. Marner and Rantonen this summer could be UFAs, for example.

 

[lokomotiv15]

Make everyone shave their sideburns.

Shesterkin hopefully gets the Roger Clemens, but he'll Strawberry instead and keep showing up and ruining my Fantasy season.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

The only team that could out suck the Rongos right now are the Sabres

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Good points. Leafs did a painful rebuild and got great young players during it. Habs are still in their painful rebuild. They are collecting their next core of young guys.
Two original six clubs with crazy fan bases though so their clubs will be number one in their markets regardless.
I’m guessing the Rangers can’t go that painful rebuild route, considering the competition for sports interest there?
Plus the Rangers do have the advantage of being New York and that attracts UFAs, like Panarin. So if they are smart and keep moving off older guys contracts (Trouba) they can clear cap space to sign high end UFAs and rebuild that way. Marner and Rantonen this summer could be UFAs, for example.

Yeah they're kinda forced to keep things together by circumstance. It's incredibly hard for any organization to admit defeat, especially one coming off a President's Trophy season. And like you said, NY has tons of competition in terms of its sports teams.

Shesterkin also basically guarantees that they'll make the playoffs at minimum. What I've seen with the Rangers applies a lot to what I've see with the Flames the past few years where management refused to embrace a rebuild until they were forced to. Markstrom also kept the Flames from sinking too low in the standings. They're going to have to make it work, they've locked themselves into it.

 

[kerrabria]

Watched the game last night. Their depth is the problem, which is fixable. It doesn't look like a well-coached team either.
They have three good centers, a couple of good wingers, a great top pair, and a great goalie.

Zibanejad looked great, wonder if he's shaken off the issues that NYR fans bewailed in November. Trocheck is the perfect 2C, Chytil looked like a luxury at 3C. Lafreniere is an impact player. Panarin is Panarin. I'd kill to have Miller - Fox as my top pair.

But there's too much dead weight who don't bring skill, hard play, or intelligence.
Getting rid of Laviolette, Kakko, Smith, Lindgren, and Jones shouldn't be difficult.

 

[Schennanigans]

This has to be the biggest surprise of the year along with the preds. Rags are barely holding onto a playoff spot as of today. And were out before last night.

 

[kerrabria]

Lafreniere - Zibanejad - xxxx
Panarin - Trocheck - xxxx
Cuylle - Chytil - xxxx

Miller - Fox
xxxx - xxxx

Shesterkin

That shouldn't be a hard puzzle to finish.

 

[kerrabria]

Their two biggest needs are Top 6 RW and a two-way LHD who can lead the middle pair. They should have plenty of options who can be had for a 1st Rounder and be extended at a reasonable figure.

Provorov, Fowler, Pettersson, Tuch, etc.

But Drury and Dolan will push for the big fish (Tkachuk, Zegras, etc.) and either lose the trade or waste their chance.

 

[Leonardo87]

The only team that could out suck the Rongos right now are the Sabres

*The Anaheim Ducks have entered the chat*

 

[Tawnos]

Watched the game last night. Their depth is the problem, which is fixable. It doesn't look like a well-coached team either.
They have three good centers, a couple of good wingers, a great top pair, and a great goalie.

Zibanejad looked great, wonder if he's shaken off the issues that NYR fans bewailed in November. Trocheck is the perfect 2C, Chytil looked like a luxury at 3C. Lafreniere is an impact player. Panarin is Panarin. I'd kill to have Miller - Fox as my top pair.

But there's too much dead weight who don't bring skill, hard play, or intelligence.
Getting rid of Laviolette, Kakko, Smith, Lindgren, and Jones shouldn't be difficult.

Zibanejad is 1 game off of one of the worst turnovers you'll ever see. Him scoring a PP goal and actually getting a couple of shots on goal instead of missing the net is a positive step, sure. But he still singlehandedly killed several forechecks and was the worst center in xGF% at 5v5. The 5v5 goal his linemates scored happened without him on the ice. He didn't have a good game.

 

[Oilslick941611]

I’d say Dolan and Drury should listen to just by Radiohead and pay extra attention to the chorus.

 

[Voight]

Truth is, they were never going anywhere without a bonafide 1C, which despite a couple of high scoring season, Zibanejad never was.