Bret Botfeld reacts to an awful New York Rangers loss to the Washington Capitals. Along with Tom Wilson’s vicious hit on Noah Laba, and why the Blueshirts lack of a response is concerning for the rest of the season.
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Maybe Rempe and Edstrom, if they team up, can knock Tom Wilson on his ass. But I dont see these Rangers doing that.
Time To Sell Sell Sell 🗑
Go 🇨🇦
Maybe Brett, you should take the year off and just enjoy your self this New York Ranger team is horrible
Impossible for rempe to do anything from the bench . Brodzinski carrick and Raddysh play the whole 3 th period.
Gonna miss laba. Maybe berard gets to play in winter classic. Also cant wrap my head around the second line. They played decent, but imagine if the wingers swapped. Seems like a missed opportunity.
I've been saying for a month now that this team needs to be broken up and a rebuild is desperately needed. It's only because of Betteman's fraudulent scoring system that the team is near a playoff spot. Check the tankathon standings they are 8th from the bottom. Spoiler alert they are not a good team. Trade who can and acquire prospects and draft picks. Sell sell sell
Still, Panarin and Zim are the softest players I've seen in years. Don't care about points you score, be a HOCKEY player, you bums!!
Happy New Year everyone, wishing you all the best in 2026 ! No words !
You have no idea what the injury is.
Only in the NHL could the last place team have a .449 winning percentage . That's almost 500! That's not because the league is competitive it's because of the fraudulent point system Betteman installed. Overtime is a joke and more games are going to get overtime thus 3 point games. If we still had the old system in place or a 3-2-1-0 point system then the current standings would be vastly different. This is a manipulation of the standings and I can't believe no one has said nothing for years about this. If there was a 3-2-1-0 system you'll see less games going to overtime because the teams would be pushing for the three points. Your thoughts Rangers nation
Tom Wilson beat, and beat up, the Rangers Team. Period.
Expect somethings similar from the skilled but dirty Florida Panthers on Friday.
Tampa Bay finally figured out how to react to a skill team being mugged – they added size and snarl.
Rangers could call up Chmelar, Roobroeck, Fitzgerald, Mackay… but won't.
Second time a team's(Philly,Wash) goon has mauled one of our rookies.
Sam Carrick will continue to be the brave human sacrifice for a soft team.
Since this team cannot develop talent, our ONLY hope is trades. Drury better make the most of the deadline.
Nothing cures a losing streak like playing the Rangers. Im embarrassed to call myself a fan
I cant believe Im going to say this but I dont think Sullivan is the right coach for Rangers. If they are sellers at deadline especially. The response or non response today was defeaning. One guy on the team had a little heart and fought Wilson but the Rangers are pussies. This team sucks from coaching staff through players. So sad and frustrating to watch this team.
Rempe cant fight right now, its pretty obvious.
Wilson was taunting us and we had nothing really . Carrick has heart but not sure about rest of team.
This team is total TOAST – Statistics show after half a year, there is little offense, decent defense and a goalie who deserves better
Here comes Otthmann
after laba gets hit every nyr is just standing around … if you arent gonna defend the play at least go after wilson. this white collar/white shoes entitled culture starts at the top of this core and imho everyone can go. mika on down.
Sam Carrick has balls. The Rangers as a team just dont have it. All the stars have gone to sleep again. 500 team if we are lucky. Laba and Sheary both fast forecheckers. This will hurt for sure.
So glad to see Rempe stand up for his teammate today!! Is he scared of Wilson or is he shell shocked from his Reeves beat down? Either way he doesn't belong on this team. Maybe now you will wake up and realize the truth!!
I'm starting to think that Lafreniere doesn't want to go to the left wing. There's been too many different coaches, a ton of different lines switching and plenty of injuries where he could've moved to the left wing. It doesn't make sense otherwise. Idk
Missing Laba hurts. His emergence has changed the complexion of the team and filled the biggest organizational hole at 3C. Let's hope for a speedy recovery.
Perreault has historically played either/both wings. He's not necessarily a "natural" RW. I'm 100% with it that Laf "should be" shifted back to LW for a meaningful stretch if possible, though.
The Rangers weren't even close to competitive in today's game. They are slow, low in skill and as soft as silk.The only player who was standing tall is Sam Carrick .Rempe is still healing so he gets a pass but for how long?. Laba will be missed but he's just good not a game breaker. Zib has been invisible.
Ehm Fox sucks, fox can’t skate worth shit done.
Laffy is NOT a kid anymore. 6 yrs into the NHL, the guy is horrible, what you see in him is a promise because he's a first overall. Fox got snubbed because he's horrible defensively.
It doesn't matter where Lafrenere shoots from, he misses the net. Skil, but no will.
Going to go out on a limb here and say they should really trade out Lafreniere & Raddysh and try to dump here a bit more, and look to get a great draft pick!
Soft from top to bottom. Move Panarin and Laf ASAP. This team is a horror show thanks to Drury. Nothing will change.
NYR needs a management overhaul
I wonder how long it will take for the Islanders fans to start a new chant when playing the Rangers, "1994."
Wild card!!! ???? Seriously, with all the games in hand by other teams, we are in last place in the conference!! have you been watching closely? They stink in every aspect of the game.
Looking dapper today Bret
I don't care what you say about Matt rempe. He's not going to beat Tom Wilson, Tom Wilson would kick his butt. Because he's 6'9 doesn't mean he's as tough as Tom Wilson who's 6'4 and tough as nails and scores. Who leads the caps in goals? Tom Wilson