The Rangers get run out of the arena by the last-place Calgary Flames, 5-1.
– Alexis Lafreniere looks lost, has put more pucks in his own net than the opponent’s net
– Brennan Othmann already infected with pass-itis
– Put Mika Zibanejad and J.T. Miller back together immediately (regardless of other effects on the lineup)
Episode 1,411.
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38 Comments
Alexi is a minus 10. Mika is a minus 8. J.T. is minus 5. Othmann is minus 1. Drury is minus a brain
Time to blow it all up…..again
Laffy wants out and he's not the only one….
How many first round draft picks have the Rangers missed on? Why do they continuously pick guys who lack speed? Dolan needs to fire Drury imho.
i think these coaches are worried about being liked too much…where are the messages being sent with benching, sitting a period, demotions etc? It seems everyone is waiting for trocheck to come back and be the savior. where is the creativity and willingness to shake things up? is it that hard? here you go…
panarin,jt,mika-sheary,carrick,raddysh-cuylle,laba,laf-edstrom,pars,othmann
Your comments on how the team suffers from pass-itis reminded me of the late, great Emile Francis folklore: Apparently after a disastrous period, he had a goal net brought into the locker room. Before all the players, he took a puck and threw it into the net. “Shoot dat fuckin’ puck”
How does a player in the league for 4 years, look lost?
Couldn’t agree more with you with everything you said
Lafreniere SUCKS. We should've just traded that 1OA pick for someone worth a fucking damn.
I want to pose a question to everyone: aside from henrik, who was 23 when he came over, when was the last time a young players drafted by us in thr 1st round, or was a high pick overall, actually became what they were supposed to? Even going back to 94 when we won, all the guys we traded away( kovalev, amonte, zubov) all became HoF elsewhere. Imo young does not work in NY, 2 many distractions.
Drury needs fired This is all his doing. The “core” is about the biggest cowards in the planet Cry babies and think their shit don’t stink . Guess what “core”. Your terrible
Laffy’s body language says it all. Othmann should be sent down. Bring up Bedard, Perrault, and Fitzgerald.
Lafreniere was extended based upon one breakout season by Drury. Our GM has made a practice of handing out big contracts prematurely and overpaying in other’s. Imho Drury has failed despite the President’s Trophy and two Eastern Conference Finals. This roster is deeply flawed and we’re seeing the early results. Hopefully, Sullivan turns it around and continues giving the younger guys opportunities to improve. The future is Cuylle, Laba, Berard, Perreault, Othmann, Edström, Rempe, Schneider, Robertson and Morrow. Unfortunately, the Artemi & Mika era just wasn’t good enough, even at their best. I wouldn’t resign the Breadman – his poor playoff performances leave me wanting.
Why are the Rangers so bad at drafting? Why are they so bad developing prospects? It’s not a recent phenomenon, it’s been this way forever.
Love seeing the Rags be terrible
Let’s see what Sullivan does with him. If the team didn’t want to show up, then Sullivan needs to cut ice time, bench someone, etc. also, glaring is the bad drafting from Drury. May have to get rid of some folks there or Drury can go down first.
Laughreniere.
But the real joke is the GM.
Pizzaboy.
never give anybody a huge contract. hire better people to scout and develop players hire better coaching staff in Hartford.
It's so sad. This team couldn't win a Calder Cup (AHL)…
Laf should be at least a point a game guy at this point. Hughes was a point+ a game guy by his 3rd season and still producing like that.
LAUGHABLE LAFFY IS A TERRIBLE PLAYER.. AND OVERPAID WITH HIS 55 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT..
re lafreniere…if a prospect has questionable skating/speed he just wont be top player in todays NHL, esp out of the gate.
There was no need to sign Laffy, Borgen, Vaak and Juuso during the season. This limited what we could have done during offseason to really change the team instead being locked into players no one was banging down the door to get.
5:51 Package Lafreniere & Othmann to Dallas for Jason Roberson….
JT Miller encompasses the Rangers development strategy. 1st round pick, scoring 45 points, time to trade him. Oh, wait now he is a 90 point player and makes 8 million, we need that guy.
Isn’t it amazing this organization has won one cup in the last 85 years. How is that even possible
Alexis seems to really be lacking basic hockey sense. So they should bench him and dress anyone in his place, just to let him know that you can't just float around collecting your millions doing nothing.
Look John, this is not an excuse but THIS also IS fact…This is what the Rangers organization is best known for; THEIR identity : the natural inability to produce/develop ANY young player or prospect, ESPECIALLY first rounders!🤬👎
I think you’re missing a lot from the overall picture here and you need to empathize more.
In terms of Laff personally, it’s not only the contract signing. Remember….
Laff came in during the pandemic which hindered his junior season at a very critical time. Most probably the biggest factor was that Laff came into this league with his very first NHL coach being just as green as he was! He then had to learn and adjust to the fact he wouldn’t be playing his original position where he’d always played at up to that point.
How would you like to be drafted as a second baseman only to find out you’re gonna be used as a shortstop?! So yes, he wasn’t placed in/given the opportunities that would develop his skills more, in addition to his confidence. Now a lot also has been his constant pairing with Panarin who has completely rubbed off on him and it shows in too many ways, none in his positives/offense, but all his negatives! Because of this he doesn’t defend, he is useless in a forecheck, let alone the back-check, he barely cuts into the middle/greasy areas and just plays Bread’s similar lazy east-west style which is more concerned with the perfect pass/play & finesse than it is with the competitive fight. I believe another big factor with Laff is that he also came up in the league with all those core guys that always whined/cried, especially last year, gave up on the coach ( AGAIN ) along w/management and mostly the fans all with a giant sense of entitlement. Thats what he’s been exposed to…for years! He saw multiple players sign contracts and then turn their game into complacent laziness, etc..
Bottom line, this was a super green kid that cut his teeth on a core group that turned their backs on every coach since 2018, which is FOUR in approximately 7 years. Where’s the stability and consistency in confidence there?! Because that’s exactly what’s needed to develop a youngster properly!🤦♂️🤬
Anyone that can’t see the impact these many things would have on a young, impressionable kid, they’re fooling themselves. These are the things he saw, these are the things he experienced, these are the things he LEARNED coming into the “Pros” all during his crucial formative years! And then you’re gonna bitch at why he is the way he is?! But you all would be able to deal with/adjust to this as a young 21 year old in the biggest market there is perfectly, right?!
C’mon now!🤷🏽♂️🤦♂️🤨
You may not like him or his play, I may not him or his play, but no one can say this was his doing. You mentioned Kravtsov and Anderson? That’s funny cause look into their stories and you’ll see/find very similar mishandling; including Kakko!!
THIS is what the Rangers and their org is known for! It’s what they DO!
Now, until one or both of Dolan & Drury ( Dumb & Dumber) are gone, or at least developmental changes made, this will continue as it has for decades.🤬👎
Pssshh! I’m surprised Laff even lasted this long cause if you take a look at the big picture, he was doomed from the get go!😳
Think about it this way, for years.. YEARS now we have all (from news/reporters, to social media, to the fans themselves) questioned, “What is this team’s identity?!”
Well, if THEY don’t even know, let alone show it in any way, how is Laff expected to?! 🤷🏽♂️😒
What happened to North-South? Pass happy once again
Lafreniere: trade or demote
Panarin: Trade before you lose him to free agency, and while he still has some value
Zibanejad: Find a way to trade him and his bad attitude
Let the league know that Fox is also available
The Rangers can lose just as efficiently with the kids as they can with the high dollar prima ballerinas, I mean prima donnas
ive been a Ranger fan since 1966 its like they have started off this year how they played last year so frustrating . not much effort and confusion . Rangers when you are at even strength they have the puck in your end of the rink man on man covered no one should be standing there all alone by the net . let me explain since you dont seem to know center covers center our wingers cover the points ,their D RANGERS D all over their wingers . SEE EVERY ONE IS COVERED . ALSO Mika has looked like crap bad plays and effort .MILLER needs tpo pull his head out be a leader thats what you here for .
The team needs a full rebuild. Time to trade established players for as many high draft picks as possible. It will hurt for a few years but it done right the Rangers will be contenders again. The alternative is a continual decline.
The Flames are going nowhere and the Rangers need more speed in their lineup. How about getting Coleman? I was hoping the Devils would consider it too. Funny how as I was thinking about this during the week and he ended up putting two in your net. I thought that there was a pretty big longshot but a shot that you might look to get a rare early season deal done when the team was out in Calgary. I also think that the Maple Leafs might have interest in him too. He would fit what they are trying to do.
In regards to Laffy he is a laugh. Sometimes guys are just a bust. Now maybe though he just needs a change of scenery and in my trade scenario above I could see him going in a trade to one of the teams mentioned.
Finally people see what s been obvious for a long time. He needs this and he needs that BS. Hockey and all sports are about performance. Laffy is a stiff . He's out of position , defense nightmare and doe snot produce offensively to over come his obvious shortcomings . He is mostly invisible until he screws up on D and cost a goal. I am a life long Ranger Fan but I am also a realist. No one on this team is untradeable . NO ONE. They are just lousy.
The Flames suck and you guys lost to them lol
And Mika? Are you kidding king of soft defense
Laf ist doomed work Number 13
2 game stretch? Laffy disappeared when he got the big contract. He is an absolute bust, been saying this for years.