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Don't panic... talented teams have had meh seasons, got in as 7th/8th and then made runs.
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)?
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Maliks PlusMinus
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No, my point isn’t we achieved anything important, my point is we seemed not a million miles away and now we do.
When is it you expect us to be better than that team?
A few small changes might have been enough to give us a chance. Or not.
Do I think Drury has a plan that will bring us success? Absolutely not. And I pray hard that I am wrong.
FiveTacos
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I don't see him as a cancer ... I think they publicly embarrassed a well liked player, and his teammates didn't like it. In effect they CREATED the very locker room problem they now claim to be trying to clean up, by the way they approached things (in effect, expecting him to waive his NTC because they wanted him to).
JianYang
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I had mentioned earlier that they should all shave their sideburns, and none of them delivered.
Kick the entire roster off the team.
Kick the entire roster off the team.
The Rangers aren't going to win the Cup anyway this season, so that doesn't matter. What does matter is clearing the locker room of malcontents as quickly as possible.
The problem is that they tuned out David Quinn and he was fired in May 2021. They fired Gerard Gallant less than 2 full years later, despite an ECF appearance, in April 2023. Now we’re talking about firing Laviolette, despite an ECF appearance, in December 2024. How many coaches does this group of players get to say “Nah, we know better” to?
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ccman68
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Bit too late for that when they already panicked and traded 2 players for peanuts.
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Idk I’m torn in between because yea technically we weren’t far away, but I mean you saw that we were getting skated off the ice in the Fla series, Kreider had a Christmas miracle against Carolina otherwise that was going seven. The 5con 5 thing has been a problem for several years.
You know the old Hank team although not as talented played hard and was a team to be proud of. What more could be done for this group? They quit on three coaches.
The other thing was this was going to happen anyway with our prior gm getting the boot half way through a retool.
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It looks like the Rangers will be making a big offer for McDavid when he hits free agency next summer.
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Big market NHL team predicted to make a play for Connor McDavid
The Steve Dangle Podcast has been discussing the future of Connor McDavid, suggesting the Edmonton Oilers superstar could end up with the New York Rangers.
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quietbruinfan
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This is true. The Bruins fired two Adams winners and Julien. I feel your pain. It would be nice if dumping say two entitled players turned around the team, but that just seems too complicated. Furthermore, if goes beyond two or three players, and it sounds like it does, then the house has to be cleaned.
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This is probably *why* Drury is blowing the team up. Teams go through funks like this all the time and it's not worth trading your captain over. But to prevent yet another quit because the culture is toxic? Yeah it makes sense. You gotta remember Fox and Trouba pulled the "i WaNnA PlAy 4 tEh RaNjUrZ" card and Panarin didn't do CBJ any favors packing up and leaving too.
This team is full of dudes out for themselves and a lifestyle and I'm not surprised we got here
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Weltschmerz
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Why would McDavid sign with a bad team?It looks like the Rangers will be making a big offer for McDavid when he hits free agency next summer.
Big market NHL team predicted to make a play for Connor McDavid
The Steve Dangle Podcast has been discussing the future of Connor McDavid, suggesting the Edmonton Oilers superstar could end up with the New York Rangers.
It looks like the Rangers will be making a big offer for McDavid when he hits free agency next summer.
Big market NHL team predicted to make a play for Connor McDavid
The Steve Dangle Podcast has been discussing the future of Connor McDavid, suggesting the Edmonton Oilers superstar could end up with the New York Rangers.
Rangers never learn…
Didn't he do that originally with Edmonton at the time?
New York is an ideal market for a superstar in any sport because it is also a media center. More exposure, more endorsements, more money.
SeanMoneyHands
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From what I heard, Rangers management went to Trouba and forced him to waive his NMC and if he didn't, then they will trade him to any team in the league with him having no say.
SeanMoneyHands
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The Rangers have the money and the fanbase. A prime McDavid in NY would sell a lot of tickets for the entire time he plays there. Lindros, Bure, Fleury, Messier, etc.
GhostfaceWu
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Who cares how many coaches you fire if the end result of those firings sees your team deep in a playoff run? I never understood like somehow you should be embarrassed you fired a bunch of coaches in a small amount of time but the end result is you going deep into the playoffs.lnill take that trade off.
Why even respond to a clown post?
SeanMoneyHands
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Laviolette isn't the problem in NY. Besides you don't fire a coach who just took this team to a presidents trophy last year.
Maliks PlusMinus
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I agree with most of that. I don’t think we were the best team by any stretch but there was certainly hope.
I agree this team has played an infuriating style and the players in general aren’t as likeable for me as a lot of Hank’s teams.
At this moment it is easy to be angry with the players. We’re watching them give a horribly confused effort game in and game out. I don’t know what’s the right thing to do now, but I am convinced it was horribly mismanaged.
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I mean if he says no they can't trade him to any team. But maybe they said waive to Anaheim or we won't tell you which of the 17 teams on your trade list you will be going to. He has a 15 team no trade list.
NYRfan85
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And that was the ONLY game all season that went to OT, waaaaay back in game 2 of the season, the home opener, lost to Utah in OT. That's it.
At this point, I'd gladly take some OT losses...
