With the Rangers in a tailspin, the fans are pulling no punches in this mailbag edition.
• Fans call out Chris Drury and James Dolan
• Fans unhappy with Alexis Lafreniere, J.T. Miller and others
• Is there any way out of this??
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21 Comments
This group of fans and this show is so funny, last year it was all about blaming Mika, Kreider, Trouba, Miller, Lindgren, Fox, Goodrow, Kaako and so on. They move everyone you guys hated on, Mika is actually playing well and you get JT, who was supposed to change the culture here, and still are upset because you got exactly what you asked for. Now you want ever person traded for draft picks and then if that actually happens you'll still complain on how they drafted the wrong players, can't develop players and want FA's to fix the next set of problems. Doomed if you do and doomed if you don't.
Look at all the years with Glen Sather…GMs with this team under Dolan have a job for life, win or lose
Hey Dolan, SELL THE TEAM NOW!!!
My first head scratching moment of the season was learning that David Quinn was brought in to assist. I’m sick of the BostonU nepotism as it is but wanted Sully. How can players respect a coach who was already fired from another tenure here?! Which is why I never wanted Torts coming back.
Maybe we should move to florida seams that the only state where Rangers remember how to play hockey is there.
When Sheary returns to lineup he should be loudly booed every time he touches the puck at home to send the message that the fans recognize he doesn't belong/deserve to be on the ice.
Fan for life sadly. LGR
Never any love for the doctor Jon smh😪
The only thing that matters is the question you asked in your summary. But how do you define "long-term hope"?
As for short-term hope, sorry but I really don't see a quick turnaround as things stand.
In fact, this is the most depressing the Rangers have looked since the dark era of 1998-2004 because the free agent market looks pale and they are in a very weak position to make a blockbuster deal.
In other words, they are stuck for the moment.
Drury indeed HAS changed the teams culture. My god, he even disgusted longtime head athletic trainer Jim Ramsey whom the players all loved. That’s why he needs to leave. Dolan doesn’t want noise just revenue. He does not care about performance just fan retention. Only when the noise gets to him will he deal with Drury and not till then. 🎼da da da-da-da da da da Potvin and Drury Suck 🎼. Idea: Put Laf in net.
Does Jon ever respond or like anything ?
I’m starting to think Drury must be a fan of Dolan’s band.
And as soon as d beg, chris jewelry gave lafayette the rays early last season, that's when he went right in a shidow and became a fifth line skater! Thanks, d big chris, you saw consulted your mother
Far far too late in the game for it to matter. The damage done by Drury will last a decade
MSG and Center Ice dropped the game and put the Knicks on. Basketball on the NHL center ice channel!!!!
I thought this was gonna be a pod after the Ottawa game…I can only imagine your take now-lol. And I'm Colorado fan but I love watching you cuz you are so honest,& not at all like the average suck up,"team specific pod caster."
Your job is gonna be a slog for the next 5-8 years, Jon.
As bad as Mika was last year, he's been very good this season. For his age and talent level, he has been totally fine. He has been the best player on the team, in fact. He negotiated his NMC specifically because he and his family wanted to stay in NYC for the long haul, and he's not gonna waive it. So Drury will try to muscle him out of town and it will probably get very ugly.
Crazy the depths this team has dropped to. No fight, no emotion, chasing the puck around the defensive zone for 45 minutes a night. Coasting, bad body language, like it’s just going to fix its self. If this was shesterkins contract year he would have gotten 20 million a season to stick around, look at the scores since quick had to take over? Their 20 or so wins are heavily inflated and come hiding behind stellar goaltending.
The only way fans can have a say is to stop putting asses in seats. Make it cost more to turn the lights on at MSG then they make with ticket and concession sales. Thats the only way
Too bad you didn't wait a few hours bc Boston was bad, Seattle was worse IMO being up 2 only 5 min in but Ott takes the cake.
Miller says post game the effort was there after they went down 6-0. Are you effing serious? Thanks for giving it 30 minutes. What a joke that guy is. He's perfect for Drurys culture bc he sux
Never as a Rangers fan for over 50+ years have I seen this team TOTALLY SUCK like it does!!..Everything from top to bottom is TERRIBLE! Be a serious seller at trade deadline and get bigger stronger youngsters..keep Igor!