Game 24 Devils vs. Rangers

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You either believe that for some reason half the Rangers have decided to play well below their baseline or the coach is the problem, more specifically the coach's system does not work with the personnel he has. There have been a few articles written about this on the various Rangers sites with impressive graphics to bolster their claims and you can see the disorganization, nobody seems to know what their teammates on the ice are doing or where they're going to be. I've watched most of the other good teams this year since my football season has been over for years and have noticed that no team retreats with the puck deep into their own zone like the Rangers to "reset" their offense especially on the PP. The team's play now is eerily reminiscent of GG's last year, I'm still a Trouba fan but he needs to go out of here swinging and might have to hurt a few feelings to turn the ship around. This is why Lav was hired, now he's supposed to do his thing with all his experience getting several teams to the Cup and even winning one. Lav needs to get his head together with all these former great player now coaches and figure out a new formula.
 
Another problem outside of the absentmindedness defensively is a lack of overall team quickness, which compounds it when trying to recover quickly when out of position. Even if they were more structured they still might have problems, being one of the slower teams in the league, but at least Shesterkin wouldn't have to face as many wide open chances.
 
Kakko-Chytil-Cuylle was one of the better young lines in the NHL. Why they haven’t been put that back together is moronic. I mentioned yesterday that because the Rangers are so stupid defensively that they might start having to play the trap. Also because they are not a fast team. However that doesn’t change the fact that you need smart defensive, defenseman, which is why Miller has to be the first one to go. He’s a fucking moron despite his talent. Sadly, Shesterkin will probably be dealt. His salary demands are beyond fucking stupid and the team is going to need a rebuild soon.
 
There are A LOT of issues with this team. The D is fixable in that they have flexibility and can make moves on D. The forwards are a much bigger challenge given clauses and contracts.

I am highly confident Lindgren will be gone by the trade DL for a mid-pick and Trouba will be gone by next season. Fox and Miller both can be moved for very good and good returns. So, the D can be improved, and I expect the D will look very different next season, with at least 3 new players.

Upfront, I am not sure what you can do unless you really want to trade Kreider and/or you convince Zibanejad to waive his NMC. It will not be easy to rework the forwards.

In goal, Drury better not give in to Igor and his crazy demands, if he does, we all should revolt.

Let's not lose sight of the fly in the ointment though, does anyone really have faith in Drury to have the balls to make the needed moves AND make the right moves if he does find his balls. I know I don't unfortunately.
 
Let me put it this way. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. What do you expect when you come back with a weaker group that wasn’t good enough last year?
 
He tried to trade Trouba but our loser captain has zero pride and insisted staying on a team that told him they didn't want him. The wife thing was a pathetic excuse. Guy just wants to sit at home half the season and collect a paycheck.
 
They will probably move on from Chytil one way or another.
 
While I don't disagree about the Trouba situation, I blame Drury for that 100%. Speculation, but reading everything it sure seems like Drury handled it as poorly as possible from a communication standpoint.

In addition to that, centering your whole off-season plan around trading a player who has at least some control with a MNTC without even speaking with the player to determine what he would and would not be open to, is terrible. Not sure how else to say it or spin it. At best Drury did a terrible job communicating and understanding what Trouba would or would not be open to. Maybe if it was handled and communicated better, the result would have been different, and maybe not, but the way Drury handled it was bush league at best.

I see a clear trend where Drury is caught without a seat when the music stops, and then he panics into poor moves just to do something. See trading for Roslovic last second when everything else failed, see trading for Smith late on July 1 when everything else failed. It screams to me that Drury has no plan and panics, which is the worst way to operate.

Again, add it all up and the guy clearly is awful at his job, and is in way over his head.

As for Chytil, what do you do with him. He is a huge risk and major damaged goods. What team will trade for him knowing you may get 5 games and then he's out for the season. I'd think best case is you package Chytil with an asset or two and try and get out from under his cap hit, but even that is tough because the Rangers need all their assets to improve, not to trade Chytil. Really tough spot to be in, and I don't blame Drury for this one, it's just unfortunate for all Chytil has concussion issues.
 
I guess they could just non-tender Chytil or something.
 
Scrap that, I thought he was an RFA after the year. It looks like a buyout wouldn't be more than $1m per year, and with the cap rising that might work.
 
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