Who is to blame for a disastrous New York Rangers season?

[@geralddequeker8480]

Didn’t mention Mika or Kreider once, really? The two biggest problems on the team?

[@ritterengine1289]

😂

[@JohnnyReno71]

Mika definitely, Krieder maybe be. But how about Miller , Lindgren, Igor

[@johnrwalker53]

This guy is an Idiot!Bread is not the problem, it starts with Mika/Kreids/Miller.and maybe even Fox.

[@chrisknef8120]

Right!!!! Panarin is the least of our problems lmfao. He's the only guy producing any offense every game, all while Kreider and Mika cry like pussies... They probably do hug therapy after every loss. This team is so fucking soft this year, and I'm just over it, I'm don't expect any effort from this team in any game now.

[@humanbeing2420]

Yeah - sports commentary is no good unless they single out the players I dislike for punishment.

[@alouie001]

Its the players. They have been playing like this for three years but the cat is out of the bag now.

[@fernandoposada5440]

Yeah the panthers exposed the rangers defense for the joke that it is and everything went downhill from there

[@humanbeing2420]

They played better last season, obviously, or else they'd have been under .500 then too. But who decides which players should be on the roster? The GM. He has had four off seasons to improve the roster and he has done nothing other than signing Trocheck to make it better.

[@fernandoposada5440]

They played better last season because they were scoring goals at a high rate . ‘Most of their wins were 4 or 5 goal games .

[@kennysdead500]

Chickens came home to roost on a rushed rebuild and fluke playoff runs in a bad division

[@fernandoposada5440]

Happens with the rangers all the time

[@glendirienzo1365]

How can it be Lavy's fault? This same core group went through three coaches in five years?? I know you can't fire an entire team. Except for Sheisty, this entire roster is open for trade.

[@kennysdead500]

I'd argue Igor was tradable before he lied about waiting for summer to sign a new contract I'd only keep Panarin but would keep the younger players for a bit longer

[@kennethduchnowski]

Phil Housley has this defense a mess. NO STRUCTURE. Always making bad decisions and out of position.

[@jferg999]

Two words: Chris Drury!!!!! He has taken a potential Stanley Cup contender and destroyed the chemistry & fabric of the team. It's is all on the GM.

[@johnrwalker53]

Drury has been a winner his whole life ferg.Learn hockey!!

[@SurfinCowboy5615]

@@johnrwalker53imagine thinking one’s playing career translates to a front office career😂. Tons of former players that won on the ice that have failed behind the bench or up in the box.

[@enterintothejoy]

How? What has he done to destroy the chemistry? Talk about trading players? Is that it? That’s part of the game.

[@jferg999]

I agree with @SurfinCowboy....being a good player does NOT necessarily translate into GM or coach success. 1. He should have approached the potential reades privately instead of flapping his gums publicly about trading Trouba, Kreider, etc. 2. He should NOT have made public that the "Rangers are open for business". These are two management faux pas He should have avoided. When word got out...whatever morale was intact vanished. That's novway to run a professional sports team.

[@enterintothejoy]

@@jferg999 @ if true. I would have to agree in part. I just don’t see how players who make thousands of dollars per game can justify not playing with integrity no matter what the GM is saying or doing.

[@thewacokid6927]

they built a team that while skilled does not have the physical or mental fortitude to win in rounds 3 and 4 of the playoffs.This group has gone as far as they will go doesn't matter who the coach is.

[@johnrwalker53]

Exactly 6927 this team needs grinders like Trocheck,Culyle.

[@kennysdead500]

It's debatable that they're even skilled Kreider and Zijanebad are one trick ponies and except for Panarin, they don't have players with real overall skill like Mcdavid, Barkov, and Kucherov

[@johnrwalker53]

@@kennysdead500 Center Chytil was by far the best player tonight vs Panthers.Why doesn't Mika play as good as him?

[@davidlulow6541]

Dolan is the problem. Always has been. Unfortunately, you can’t fire the owner. He doesn’t deserve to be the owner (of the Knicks either).

[@roblombardo3891]

The problem is the GM Mr.Drury blowing it all up before even Christmas plus Drury brings his laundry to the New York media he is an embarrassment the players didn’t give up the GM did take that Mr.Larry Brooks look in the mirror Drury

[@AdamDonaldson7272]

people seem to forget how piss poor the 5 on 5 has been for at least 3 years. no matter what system the coach used it wasn't working. They had no guts to go into corners or hit hard to keep the puck moving in the opponents area, no sense of urgency just kept relying the puck back and fourth. And for their sizes', mika and krieder would not use their bodies enough to keep the play in tight to score. The other teams caught on fast to this weakness and it was their own fault

[@danielkrall6501]

This can't be said enough. They rode their PP and Igor as hot as they could to make up for a very mediocre 5v5 team. After a couple of years, once Igor got paid and the PP stopped producing they are now last place in the division. It was always a house of cards.

[@kennysdead500]

I've said for years that they abandoned the rebuild and went on fluke runs in a bad division and it's sad that Tampa wasn't enough for them to reconsider their decision and then they proceed to get further embarrassed by the Devils and Panthers (with little "experience" gained and so much roster turnover lol) It doesn't matter who the coach is, Scotty Bowman wouldn't be able to fix them, it's all on Dolan and Drury for setting them back years (the players aren't helping themselves protesting Drury in a childish way despite not caring about Buchnevich getting betrayed), and then development, scouting, and Hartford need an overhaul as well

[@humanbeing2420]

Blowing it up sounds like a great idea until you understand that Chris Drury is not capable of rebuilding the team and will never build a competitive roster again.

[@brianpendergast2894]

Players sending GM a Message. Don't screw with us!!!

[@glenmcdonald375]

from what ive "heard", the players seem to think Drury is the "cause"? (if not cause, then the reason anyway)

[@michaelmarro1011]

Of course they do. They wouldn’t or don’t blame themselves like real Men would

[@glenmcdonald375]

@michaelmarro1011 fair enough

[@michaelmarro1011]

@@glenmcdonald375 they are entitled cowards and should all be fired. Just my opinion

[@rjsr4916]

Mostly the players! But as a long time ranger fan, the organization is the absolute worst when it comes to young player development.

[@JohnnyReno71]

💯 players they aren’t even showing up. But Drury didn’t improve this team at all from last season. They need grit and speed. And they didn’t bring it in.

[@danielkrall6501]

One Stanley Cup in 84 years. Pathetic. Pack them up and move them to Phoenix.

[@johng7926]

When does Drury get the boot??

[@Nick91768]

JD should be the GM of this team.

[@mdusso2]

In the first days of 2025, the NYR will probably be in front of only three teams in the standings: Chicago, San Jose and Nashville…Stunning.

[@oldatarigamer]

Once they started advertising they were open to trading the veterans, that was it.

[@davev-r7t]

Fire Drury !!!!!

[@BillyAu]

Just"tank and bank"

[@mikeb3216]

Drury has been awful for 3 years but these are paid professionals who've quit on the fans. So to recap, moronic ownership, incompetent management and a room full of multi-millionaire man babies doing their best Flag-Football impression on ice.

[@warrenhecht2679]

Drury is the problem

[@davidduryea8172]

I know we’re having a bad year but didn’t the 92-93 team miss the playoffs between having a great season and winning the Stanley Cup???

[@KillJoy323]

Chris Drury failed Kreider and Zibanejad by not providing a 1st line caliber RW for the past 6 seasons

[@Nzmwwww1238]

Why hasn’t the coach been fired yet? (Haven’t read much about this situation yet, just the first question that came to mind)

[@juans3728]

The question you asked a person to has no knowledge of what the situation is in the organization , no one knows and no one will ever know unless management decides to leak it out. If any one has been watching this team during the playoffs last season they just stopped skating and lost to Florida and to me the rumors began as of then where no one knew but assumed with stupid guesses. This team plays very well the first one and a half periods then it's like they drank a fifth of scotch and every play passes, shots, defense and offense becomes inconsistent.

[@custohockey7640]

Joe Quin-en-velle. NHL record 0-0-0. I like it

[@habitant71]

Chris Drury, plain and simple. The signings are by him, it's his players, and this show and a half is turning into a flushing toilet.

[@JonGreico]

The Downfall Needs To Be Studied

[@charliem9831]

Management. They shouldn’t have been so open about wanting to make moves.

[@louscannon7493]

The system allows for players to play however they want to play without many consequences. Soft, fat and happy are today's players. NTC's have taken the bite out of GM's and coaches

[@michaelrauch4766]

I could not disagree more, a re-tool yes a rebuild NO there is a huge difference. This group of players has brought this team as far as they could go in last years playoffs. They were lacking Grit, Sandpaper, They traded Goodrow because of money he had what they needed in the playoffs scored goals and played tough. Truba was playing with a broken foot he was slow and not playing playoff hockey he was hurt but you received leadership. There are soft players Mika, Panarin Miller, these players will get you to the ;playoffs but not winning the cup. Dury has made some difficult decisions but the way he has done that is why the players are revolting , threating it wave players leading to trades they do not want. To many NO TRADES clauses, but at the time you had to give the players what they wanted. Move some players but no re-build, this will get worse before it gets better. Dury will feel pressure for his job, thus firing the coach when the heat is on him very soon. These players are coach killers 2 so far and one is on the way out. They cant win the CUP the way they play so lets get another coach fired, its easer to get ride of one coach then 25 players its not his fault these players have been coddled. Quinn was to soft, Gallant was to strict, Laviolette is just right. Dolan will figure this out and clean house, He wants to win more than anyone but for different reasons. Hockey is a business with family's attached to the players. They will play now with NO 2nd effort none. Re-Tool yes. Dury is on the HOTT seat.

[@enterintothejoy]

To mention Fox and Paneran to me is ridiculous. They can be there over the next 2 to 3 years to guide this transition and provide the spark necessary if things go well. They still have plenty of gas in the tank. Don’t care much for this analysis.

[@davidsonowski414]

The Players have to blame themselves after all in the Eastern Conference Toughness and Grit Wins Finesse and Softness always loses just look at the 1994 Team

[@paulblueosyter1472]

Hire Mike Millbury he’s got the answer 😂

[@airish1531]

This team failed. Laviolette is a dead man walking unfortunately. I have been a ranger fan since the 70s. The season is over

[@josephdunn4799]

It’s not the coaching , It could be the GM

[@cfgjr]

Joel "Quenenville". Good grief!

[@susanlatham224]

Exactly, I can’t believe anyone would even mention his name! The worst thing they could do !!! Aren’t there any up and coming young coaches out there?

[@nypdtarn]

not going to rebuild are they not with Shesterkin and Fox ...

[@WilliamBonney-gl2qf]

Its pronounced Kwen-ville,not Kweny-ville 🤦‍♂️

[@CG-tt9mz]

Coach killers

[@johnnyw2960]

The Mustache!

[@jerrypedrick6206]

Zbandjet , miller want more money to stay around this circus. They said if you don’t wanna pay us someone will so do what ya gotta do and stop crying

[@patriciavernon9795]

DRURY!!! 😡

[@wheeliewheelie]

the answer is Zibanejad...got paid too much...got too comfortable living in america...

[@gazman2769]

Joel Quinville

[@broadwayblu]

Whos Quen-IN-ville.. (sexual harassment?) what is this guys talking about ??

[@JM-gj7de]

Blame everyone!

[@gazman2769]

Championship coach

[@donsullivan1137]

Larry Brooks…lol.

[@gazman2769]

Mika is -19

[@CarpeDiemEH]

-21, 4th worst in the ENTIRE NHL

[@Trebor_I]

Miller is a joke. Get him out

[@GTRxMan]

Not disagreeing that the core needs retooling, but David Quinn was fired because he was terrible. There's a reason why Gerard Gallant never makes it past two years anywhere.

[@johnrwalker53]

Quinn is a good coach, but these sensitive NHL players can't handle his intensity gtrx.

[@hckykd39]

Drury zibanejad and kreider

[@BuwanaLordOfTheUnderworld]

Let’s go Devils!

[@robbrown4621]

Bring in Marc Messier! Six championships!

[@WW3_Soon]

Mark

[@aryusure1943]

When they fired Gallant I pleaded for Quenneville but it was too soon apparently, thanks to the self-righteous people responsible for his fate, including the media. I think it's time to hire him but will he want to come in N.Y. if the Rangers decide to "blow it up". Hummm! Maybe, maybe not. I don't agree about K.A. Miller though. Again yestedray he was a spectator on 2 of the 6 goals scored by Tampa. And I mean literally. This would be the first one I would look to trade while he still can be attractive because of his "ceiling".

[@bted]

"Self-righteous"? So Quenneville didn't cover up sexual assault? Or you're ok with his covering up sexual assault? Which is it?

[@aryusure1943]

@@bted Do you know the facts genius? I thought the guys were talking about sexual harassment and not assault. Did I miss something? And if turning a blind eye to sexual misdeeds count in your judgmental mind I know 81 millions voters for Biden who were pretty OK with his creepy behavior over the decades when it comes to sexual harrassment, don't you think? And it's just an obvious example among thousands. What I'm saying is that Quenneville paid his dues in full. Do you believe in redemption or are you an hypocrite like so many? I don't think Quenneville ever sniffed young children's hair in public or took showers with his teenage daughter, to name a few of Biden's sexual habits. And Biden was never sidelined by the Democrats for his creepyness. On the contrary, theu had him elected as POTUS. But Quenneville and Bowman were and their reputation thrown in the trash can to appease the self-righteous like you. To your question, there are a lot of cover ups I don't agree with, including this type, but I'm not the one to judge without knowing all the facts and I believe in rehabilitation on top of that...when possible. Obviously , you are much of a "cancellor" if I get your position right. And I think I do.