Rangers pull a no-show and lose 3-0 to the Blackhawks!
– Why the Rangers’ lack of speed is a serious problem
– Rangers mercifully end the five-forward powerplay and give Scott Morrow a chance
– Did ANYONE play well? Lafreniere? Igor?
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47 Comments
Can the captain stop a puck! Or shoot a puck?
Can everyone just have a lil more patience,it's only been 3 decades 😫
playing for a lottery pick! tank the season deal everyone!
I agree t5he Blackhawks skated rings around them. We're so much faster out of their zone. It was embarrassing to watch !And I am a ranger fan since 1977.
NO ABSOLUTELY NOBODY PLAYED WELL!!!
Power play – can whoever scripts the offense work on shots NOT from the sides and utilize the damn slot for shots
bedard a budding superstar
John, contrary to your prediction, THIS IS NOT A PLAYOFF TEAM
in todays game you lose the neutral zone you lose. simple as that
i see a major sell off coming
Don't fill the team with old family men with god damn kids… You need 20-25 years of old Hardcore, high testosterone youngsters to hustle and learn! Who are comited to hockey and nothing else"!
50 another guy who's banked up & completely disappeared
teams a disgrace plain & simple
this season's highlight coming up i pray kreider turns a trick!
deal fox panarin trochek dump miller if possible its a disaster
The Rangers currently have the 29th ranked scoring offense in the league.
They have been held to two goals or fewer in regulation 19 out of the 32 games they have played.
JT Miller is on pace for 46 points. Laf is on pace for 44. Cuylle 40
Their Top 6 forwards have scored a combined 48 goals on the season.
Their Bottom 6 have produced just 18 total goals.
The modern-day NHL record for a team being shut out in a season is held by the Columbus Blue Jackets at 16, during the 2006–07 season.
The Rangers already have 6.
The way you deal with a young fast team is lay a few big hits early in the game and then keep hitting. Unfortunately something the Rangers are not really known for either
cullye is a nice trade piece
It was a depressing game. No way around it.
Even Igor let 2 softies go in. But he made 2 spectacular saves to be fair. So, I agree, it could have been 5 or 6-0.
To your last point. Lafrenière was the best player by far yesterday. To your second point, the "Foxless" power play is a DISASTER indeed. 🙁
It may be a coïncidence but MSG did not have the game last night. So, their dud went unnoticed after the game. Could not find Sullivan post game.
They were outplayed by a team that got torched the past 2 games. And next they will face Montreal that has a goaltender crisis and will maybe put a motivated rookie between the pipes saturday. Not to mention that the Rangers can't win at MSG.
Can you decline the PP. I hate it when Rangers are on PP. OUT BH.
They don't draw penalties because they are not hard on the puck. Period!
Nothing has changed in that department since last year. 50-50 pucks are not their cup of tea.
Great observation…not the first time they have been outskated. At times they look confused over structure and positioning.
If you have been picked first overall (as a forward) and you are not on the first power play unit 6 years into your NHL career that says a lot.
The thing is no first rounder picked by the Rangers the last 8 years has proven that he is a game changer, let alone a franchise player. I'm talking about forwards.
You have to go back to J.T. Miller in 2011 to find a player of that caliber and, sadly, he had his best years so far wearing another jersey.
Hopefully Perreault will live up to expectations but he has not made a splash in the few games he played in N.Y so far.
And Othman? Well, 2 assists and no goal in 26 NHL games won't do the trick. 🙁
Ive already said this ,I'll say it again. Time to gut this team like a fish starting with the head, Drury and Sullivan have to go .Zibanejad looks lost out there most of the time. Lack of hustle and discipline. Stop wasting time
JT Miller. Just Terrible.
A poorly constructed roster, we're screwed
Rangers consistently look like they’re giving 60% effort while other teams are firing on all cylinders every shift. We are slow and lazy. It’s also been an issue since last season with them coming out flat wayyyyy too often
On that shortie, two centermen, Zibanejad and Trochek, were standing flat footed at their own blue line as Crevier received the pass on the other side of the ice. Like, what the hell were they thinking?
Honest question, how do you point out all the players you think have speed but not mention Noah Laba once when he is by far the fastest skater on the team?!?! That is a major miss on your judgement my guy.
Slow,!!!!
I'm out on Sullivan. I don't care that he won two Cups 10 years ago with Crosby, Malkin and Letang. In the last few years his teams have been awful, barely reaching the league average in goals for. The Rangers had been above average until he arrived. His system is predictable, has almost no puck movement and the league knows it. He insists on playing underperforming veterans, and there are never consequences for poor play. I'm done with that failure Quinn too.
That's Drury ..JT slow old high paid ..=dopey gm
Three blind mice panarin Mika and laffy although Laffy played well in the third ..ty John for what you do
Fox missed time last season; the power play was bad before and after that injury.
So. Did you see the games against the Stars, Avalanche, and Vegas? I don't agree with you on this. They didn't play horrible last night. Could have easily gone another way. They had 21 shots on goal, hit several post, and simply didn't have any puck luck at all. Now, I do think the Blackhawks out played them, but it wasn't all bad on the Rangers part. Noah Laba is clearly the fastest skater on the team as well, my friend.
We’re doomed
Old and slow. Deliberately constructed by Drury. When does he pay the price for building an old team for a young man's league?
Strip it down.
I predicted this last December and I’ll predict it again this December…this team ain’t making the playoffs
Were you watching JT Miller closely? He looked completely awful. Constant puck fumbling, bad passing, lethargic skating. His head was down way too much while skating too, not looking around for people to pass too or shot chances, it was odd. I dont know what was with him. But it was the worst playing ive seen of anyone all year. If his azz doesnt get chewed out, then this team is never going to care enough to do anything this year.
They skate as though they have ankle weights attached to their ankles and they fall on the ice too often.
These lazy, complacent fucks couldn’t even establish a forecheck while on the Power Play!!😫🤦♂️🤬
This team is just WAY too fickle/ambivalent. One minute they are playing structured, smart, defensive hockey, coming back & hanging with the best team in the league and the next, putting out ABSOLUTE garbage as w/Tampa and this Chicago game.
Stanley Cup teams don’t have top lines whose players score their FIRST in December! The age, the speed (lack of), the inconsistencies and the overall inability to score… this team is just NOT built for it! Could we make the playoffs? Yeah.. maybe scrape in, but then what does it matter when we get ousted by Tampa and r Carolina within the first round?! Now we’re back to square one where we HAVE been for years now.
Thank you VERY much to DRURY the Dumbass!!😫🤦♂️🤬
Do you know that the Blackhawks chose to have the Rangers dress in their home uniforms? Obviously the strategy worked because the Rangers thought they were home and as usual played a miserable rotten lousy uninspired 60 Minutes of hockey. What the Rangers should do is wear their Road jerseys at home and then at least they'll have a chance to win because they will think they're actually on the road and not at home.
I saw them against the Red Wings, looked like they had 30 lb weights tied to their legs. Why can't someone bring fast scaters to this team? It's been the theme for years…
I think the most obvious discrepancy in speed was the recent Sunday night home game against Detroit. They skated circles around us for 60 minutes and Quick kept us in it. That was painful to watch.
Laba can motor too
They kept up with Colorado and Vegas, pretty fast teams. With Fox in the lineup they're considerably slower because Fox is so deliberate and Fox is SLOW! This loss is a head game loss. Same thing last year.