After the Rangers’ embarrassing 5-1 loss to the Devils, did Peter Laviolette just coach his final game with the team??
-Most of this is not his fault, but will the Ranger brass see it that way?
-Rangers have lost six of their last seven games… how did we even get here??
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That’s not the man to worry about drury need to to go asap before he makes anymore terrible decisions to screw this franchise
I’ll give credit to Markstrom. He stopped a ton of shots.
I completely agree. NOT Laviolette's fault. I think it starts with a crippled roster, and Drury as GM.
It’s not his fault. It’s an organizational problem that goes to the very top. This franchise is content with being “regular season champs” and making it to the final 4 every other year. In reality what are they missing out on if you get eliminated in game 6 of the ECF? Three, potentially four more home games that season? 2022 was their best opportunity, being up 2-0 in the ECF, and last year was their last opportunity being up 2-1. This core is soft. Mika is mentally weak. Kreider is getting old and is a one tool player now. Kakko is a bust. The defense is riddled with one liability after another. Fox is one of the most inconsistent players I’ve ever seen. Even Igor has been atrocious. For a while he was neck and neck with Hank for the first 5 years of his career. Well at 29 Hank was still getting better, Igor has been in decline for 2 straight seasons now and he wants the biggest contract in goalie history? This team needs to be dismantled by Drury. Starting with himself. Getting Wennberg and Roslovic at the deadline last year when they were as close as they were was a fireable offense. But as I said, this franchise doesn’t want it that bad. It’s a cash cow for the league either way. Sure, not making the playoffs will provoke some changes. So we’ll get another letter to fans, a 3 year rebuild, and start the process all over again in 2027-2028 of medium-deep playoff exists year after year. Gerard Gallant was a solid coach. He wasn’t the problem and neither is Lavi. It’s the culture
Its NOT lavi or drury's fault!!! The D core needs to change and they need a solid 1st line RW!!!
Such a cop out if they fire him, the players are a disgrace , Drury is a disgrace. This team is embarrassing right now.
You can’t win with these players. They’re too soft. Even Trouba looks terrified every game. Just getting a paycheck. Over it. Forget this team. Time to become a Canes fan or some shit they have half the talent and double the work ethic
They've only changed coaches multiple times and they need to leave him alone the problem is some players and drury
Hold the player's accountable.. Enough with the lifeless lackadaisical playing… Trouba, Lindgren, Miller N; Mika traded problem solved…..
This is a player issue not coaching. They need to own this
Drury is a POS!!! He did absolutely zero this summer to help the team. He was suppose to get rid of Trouba and Miller. Kreider or and Mika. Definitely Kakko. Now… we are back to rebuilding mode. Thanks to that jerk Drury!! I never liked him, even as a player!! I got Pete’s back all day!!!
The fault lies with about a dozen players and horrendous contracts . This is a quagmire.
FIRE DRURY
Multiple coaching changes, but the core still remains the same… I'm going out on a limb, but it might be the core…🤔 😡
What was the main factor of this loss tonight?
Trouba and Miller were on the ice for every goal scored against the team. Get rid of these useless bodies and fire Drury. Let’s forget about this season because the only way to turn things around is through trade and buyouts. If NY cannot trade Trouba then buy him out and let’s never ever give a defenseman such a ridiculous contract like Trouba’s ever again. Brett Pesce, whom the Rangers had an opportunity to get, was a complete beast on the ice tonight. Instead of giving Lindgren and Kakko these contracts they could’ve grabbed an actual Defenseman that plays with grit and toughness. Schneider played like a$$ tonight as well.
worst original 6 team
While there’s absolutely no doubt that Lavi is NOT the one that deserves firing, that honor could only go to the one and only joke of a GM Chris Drury!🤬👎 I wouldn’t be surprised if Lavi actually quits seeing as the team has pretty much quit on him (as they have every other coach the past 6 years). Just as Keenan told the ‘94 team during a horrendous outing vs Anaheim, “You guys don’t wanna play, then I’m not gonna coach!”
SO sorry Lavi!! If you do end up going I,as a loyal fan of this team most of my life, apologize to you for this team’s ridiculous organization’s ineptness to do anything substantial regarding championships and for wasting your talent/knowledge as a Cup champion coach!😫🤬
I think it's fairly obvious that the problem is players that have either grown to complacent or long in the tooth.
3rd coach in 5 seasons, this is on the vet core. They're soft, lazy, and lack leadership. They whine and let little drama crap get in their way and the GM lets them do it. As soon as Gallant called that players out, they whined to Drury and had him canned and here we are again with Lavi. 100 coaches later won't change how weak this vet core is. Sure, firing the coach is the easiest thing to do and will give the team a short term spark but put blame where it should be. Players and the GM! Oh and Dolan too, because he only cares about playoff money, not if we're good enough to get a cup. Lavi is stuck with the roster he has. We can't move players like Mika due to their contracts which is on the GM who SHOULD be fired for building this house that keeps collapsing. He failed to get a true needle mover like Eichel or Matthew Tkcauhk, both guys that put their perspective teams over the hump to win a cup. Been a Rangers fan over 50 years, this is the softest, laziest veteran core I've ever seen. They need some Mike Keenan if they're gonna fire Lavi. Lots of blame to go around Jon, and Lavi unfortunately is a likely scapegoat.
This is all on Drury. The way he let's the players run the coaches out of town whenever things get to hard. Change the vet core. Soft passive and overpaid just like when Drury was a player for the Rangers. Fire Drury
Hopefully the whole team lacks defense from our end to theirs. Unacceptable. This is not a personal thing. This team has been a top 5 team past 3 years. The team dosent get bad overnight. But please trade this Miller goon.
It's amazing how, among other culprits, an unworthy diva captain and an effeminate DJ, could hold down an entire team, akin to holding down someone's head in a toilet. Amazing how we gave an NMC to said DJ, so that he could regress to that of a power play specialist (I would say third-line center, but the third line is the checking line, and he's too soft for that.) Oh yeah, the captain is one elbow to an opponent's away from literally being the next Matt Cooke.
Generally speaking, I honestly can't believe how blatant it is that the current Rangers squad are nothing but a bunch of jobbers, just mailing it in because they'll get paid regardless. They don't even want to beat the accusations from how shameless they are. If Laviolette gets fired as a scapegoat, then bring in Tortorella. They deserve nothing less.
Lavi aint going nowhere.
I've been following Laviolette since '98. After he is fired the teams didn't improve until the rosters were overhauled.
Why — this TEAM does not deserve a new coach. They ran Quin – gallant out. When do we blame the players.
This inept, soft core has already run 2 coaches out of NY…Time to hold the players responsible…It is not fixable…Start selling off the pieces while there is still value and begin the rebuild.
Another blind pass off the boards by zibanejad to the center of the ice in the defensive zone created a prime scoring chance against
Fire Drury starts at the top he doesn’t deserve to trade any of these clowns away. Get someone from outside the organization with no ties to these guys & fix this mess. 3 coaches in 5 years. It’s on the players.
Fire Drury
This core has been through how many coaches? At what point are we going to actually call it for what it is, the core being garbage and too soft? I’ve been complaining about this core for years now. And this is why.
The team needs a bolt fire the players not the coach make a move soon
This is 100% on the players. Peter might welcome a firing at this point. I know I wouldn’t want to stand behind the bench and watch these clowns get destroyed every night.
Trouba knows he’s not wanted. His game is weak. He should not still be captain. The Rangers have no defensive scheme in their own end. Too many shots on goal and too many high danger chances. Players back in too far into their own zone. Body checking is almost non-existent and they rely more on ineffective stick checking. This team is a great disappointment compared to last year’s team with just a couple of changes.
no ditch Drury
And Rags fans though it was gallants fault..dudes laughing his ass off….team is rotten from ground up
Slow and unmotivated is this team, the coach is good but some of the players, well enough said MZ for example what a waste of space
Fire Drury he didn’t address the needs this offseason and hasn’t done anything yet.
We can't be firing coaches when it's obviously a core player issue. At some point the players have to take responsibility. We have at least 1/2 dozen players who are not living up to their hype.