The New York Rangers proceed their downward spiral after beginning off the season with a good report. Nonetheless, for the reason that summer time, Normal Supervisor Chris Drury has been seeking to improve his roster, realizing it isn’t adequate to win this season.
John Shannon, previously of Hockey Night time in Canada, was on Sirius XM NHL Community Radio on Friday Morning Skate phase with Scott Laughlin and Gord Stellick and was requested concerning the New York Rangers, whether or not extra modifications had been coming, and who set the tone for the season?
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Scott Laughlin: “Need to get your take, talking of the US on the New York Rangers, John and what their season has dissolved into. And we had been form of joking simply earlier than we went into our vacation break right here about the truth that Kaapo Kakko acquired scratched, he complained, and he was subsequently traded. And it didn’t shock anyone that that was the case.
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After which they made Chris Kreider a wholesome scratch as nicely. And also you’re considering, Is he the subsequent man to exit the door as soon as the roster freeze is lifted? What do you make of what’s occurred in New York, and if in any respect, it’s potential for this blue shirts workforce to place issues again collectively once more?”
John Shannon: “By the best way, the roster freeze ends at midnight, so and that’s one it’s important to surprise about if that, in truth, was the case, that he was a wholesome scratch, as a result of Chris Drury has a chance to maneuver him earlier than their subsequent sport, which is night time. (Rangers haven’t traded Kreider as of but)
That is one which flummox all people. It’s in all probability a greater query for Gord than it’s for me, as a result of I’ve by no means been within the supervisor’s chair. However can a supervisor set the stage and set the theme for a corporation when he doesn’t spend that a lot time within the dressing room when the coach is basically driving the theme of what goes on at ice degree and in the course of the video games?
Clearly, there have been sufficient tales courting again to the Barclay Goodrow waiver situation. Jacob Trouba, first with the Purple Wings and clearly now with Anaheim. Are there sufficient tales that go round after the e-mail went out that Chris Drury has set the tone for this fall?
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It’s troublesome to assume that means however on the identical time, you do surprise if the place there’s smoke, is there fireplace on this one? The Rangers are too proficient. The Rangers have too many good gamers. Thoughts you, a number of the guys that had nice seasons final yr haven’t had good seasons this yr.
The man that involves the highest of thoughts for me is Mika Zibanejad then you definitely add Ok’Andre Miller to that. Neither have performed very nicely. So the fellows with profession years a yr in the past or the final couple of years have been large disappointments in New York, and that’s performed its half.”
As Shannon factors out, the truth that Drury needed to make modifications has set the tone for the season and this spiral because the Rangers sit useless final within the Metro Division.
The gamers have actually taken these modifications to coronary heart. This workforce wanted to study to purchase in fully in the event that they needed to win. This roster has gone in the exact opposite route.
As an alternative of shopping for in, this group of gamers have stop on the workforce, coach, and common supervisor. As Larry Brooks of the New York Put up notes, these gamers had their emotions damage and had been upset about how Drury carried out enterprise. But not a kind of gamers has requested to be traded.
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One thing will finally have to offer with the Rangers and this group of gamers. They may get their third coach and second veteran coach fired, Peter Laviolette.
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