What is your most unpopular Rangers opinion?

[Machinehead]

Tom Renney was an under-appreciated and underrated Ranger head coach.

Beat me to it.

Dan Girardi and Marc Staal were always bad.

Very young Girardi under Renney was good.

I don't think Torts was a bad coach but him teaching Girardi to be super passive and block everything that moved was the worst thing that could have happened to him.

I don't know if "bad" is the word, but prime Staal was more underwhelming than I think people remember.

 

[eco's bones]

One thing I know a lot of people didn't like was my opinion that Rick Nash after the 14-15 season was just an average player and that we were lucky to get as much as we got for him. Really Ryan Strome has been a better player for us this year than Nash was in his last 3 years and that's ironic in that Strome came to us for Ryan Spooner who was a throw in piece for Boston to get cap compliant in the deal. We really screwed the Bruins on that one.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Neil Smith trading away Amonte, Gartner and Weight took multiple cups away from this franchise.

I think this is a pretty popular opinion.

Anyway, mine is that Mats Zuccarello was grossly overrated.

 

[Machinehead]

Welp, while we're here, I'm just gonna say it and would love to be wrong: Kakko is never going to live up to the hype over the summer.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

1. We should have moved across 8th Avenue instead of renovating the current Garden. Tax breaks be damned.
2. Marek Malik was never as bad as many fans thought he was.
3. Our goal horn (which is a recording btw) and goal song should be retired after 25 years.
4. This team has no excuse for being as horrible as it was between 1942 and 1972. Think of how much more popular hockey would be in this country overall if the New York-based team had a competent history.
5. Mike Gartner was a legitimate elite forward.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

That the Kings were a better team than the Rangers.

pretty sure thats widely accepted. We still had a chance to win and we blew it thats what stings . Would have been an upset though.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Welp, while we're here, I'm just gonna say it and would love to be wrong: Kakko is never going to live up to the hype over the summer.

easy to say now

 

[Leonardo87]

Welp, while we're here, I'm just gonna say it and would love to be wrong: Kakko is never going to live up to the hype over the summer.

The Hype was way overkill, like the church of Kakko, Hughes vs Kakko arguments, and etc. I was more excited and you can find my old posts, that I was more excited for the additions of Panarin and Adam Fox. So definitely is an unpopular opinion as I was not on the Kakko hype train and said lets see what this kid can do first before assuming what he will be. Again, can still become a great player, but I don't think he will be this player everyone set him out to be. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Machinehead]

The Hype was way overkill, like the church of Kakko, Hughes vs Kakko arguments, and etc. I was more excited and you can find my old posts, that I was more excited for the additions of Panarin and Adam Fox. So definitely is an unpopular opinion as I was not on the Kakko hype train and said lets see what this kid can do first before assuming what he will be. Again, can still become a great player, but I don't think he will be this player everyone set him out to be. I hope I'm wrong.

I think he'll be a good player and can be a very good player, but I'm seeing limitations that aren't befitting a franchise talent. I also think he's being handled horribly and we've seen the effect that can have.

 

[Fitzy]

I think he'll be a good player and can be a very good player, but I'm seeing limitations that aren't befitting a franchise talent. I also think he's being handled horribly and we've seen the effect that can have.

I don't think he's gonna look like post injury Frolov his whole career.

 

[cwede]

That this year the C should have gone to Strome
No C is fine with me.
But i am in no hurry to add that to Zib's plate
Giving the C to NYR's emerging best player, McD, short-circuited his arrival as s consistent Norris consideration
A Kisio/Nevin type Captain is fine with me, even if Strome doesnt last the season, he'd have been my preference if they named one

My other real unpopular opinion is i never declare a player to be a bust during his ELC or so. Players develop at different rates, by different pathes. Some excell immediately, others need time. Before '17-18 some folks were damning MacKinnon as overrated and a wasted high pick. Beginning with his 5th season, he's been a beast. Rushing to judgement re a player under 23 has never made sense to me.

 

[Machinehead]

I don't think he's gonna look like post injury Frolov his whole career.

If he ends up being pre-injury Frolov, I would sign up for that.

 

[Off Sides]

Kakko, I think next season he will have a season much like Chytil is currently having. It's not really a break out season, yet there does appear to be some visible progress being made.

Which brings me to an unpopular opinion, this rebuild is going to take longer than anyone wants. Yet if the Rangers do not remain patient each move they make to accelerate it risks the outcome not having as high as a peak as it potentially could.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Rangers always seem to get the wrong brother, Hossa, Pronger, Andersson (Calle)

 

[Thirty One]

I don't think he's gonna look like post injury Frolov his whole career.

Not unless he seriously improves his wraparounds.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Rangers have not drafted an All-Star forward since Chris Kreider who was a replacement player for Panarin

 

[Thirty One]

Rangers always seem to get the wrong brother, Hossa, Pronger, Andersson (Calle)

I don't think the majority opinion is that Marcel Hossa and Sean Pronger were the superior brothers.

 

[Fitzy]

If he ends up being pre-injury Frolov, I would sign up for that.

Peak Frolov would be fine- assuming he held that level for longer.

Anything less would be a serious disappointment. Less than 200 goals?

 

[Bleed Ranger Blue]

The Brian Leetch trade (while handled poorly by management and not providing a meaningful return) was ultimately a good thing as it helped the franchise turn a new page.

 

[Cassano]

Don't like the handling of a lot of younger players in the organization. It is an alarming concern for some of these guys to look like duds as soon as they play for the Rangers organization. I think it's a by-product from the top.

The team still plays a bad style of hockey that will affect these players long term. Literally worst in the NHL in most advanced stats.

We saw what happened with Buffalo/Edmonton's bright core when they were exposed to bad systems play for a long time. The Rangers can hide that up in the standings because they always have elite goaltending.

I think Gorton has enough strikes (McDonagh trade, Andersson pick, Smith contract, Quinn, etc) to get fired and get a new direction for the organization. I actually want to see them try to control the pace of play for once. The same regiment has been in upper management for the past ~10 years and their style of play has always been praying the goalie gives a 9/10 performance for the most part. It needs to change ASAP.

I'd be shocked if a team like the Kings don't become a contender before the Rangers because they seem to have a strong philosophy in place.

 

[Greg02]

I like Dan Girardi.

 

[CasusBelli]

Richter is a mediocre goalie with generally underwhelming regular seasons with a few superb postseasons.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Ryan Strome is partly responsible for Artemi Panarin's success.

 

[True Blue]

That the Kings were a better team than the Rangers.

Times 2

 

[CasusBelli]

I like Dan Girardi.

Prime Girardi, healthy Staal and McD. Those were the days (of good defense) ...