![]() He came out and put up a great performance. I don’t understand any of those moves at this point of the season.įinally, last thought of the night which I eluded to it earlier, and that is Jaroslov Halak. Worst of all, he decided to play Adam Fox with Libor Hajek, K’Andre Miller, and Braden Schneider, taking turns every other shift. He demoted Chris Kreider to the 4th line. He benched Zac Jones in the third period for some reason, even though on the second goal it was because Jacob Trouba was soft on his man and let him get the rebound. In fact, he didn’t just jumble his lines, he took what has been great process just needing some puck luck, and took a sledgehammer to any of that good juju the Rangers had up to that point. ![]() What on earth is going on here?Īnother deeply concerning thing that happened was after the 2nd period meltdown–where the Rangers let the Red Wings tie the game at 2 a piece–was Gallant jumbled his lines. So while there are excuses, the lack of effort was alarming. They didn’t have Ryan Lindgren due to injury, were on home ice playing a team on the second half of a back to back, and they out-worked the Rangers. It’s just 13 games in, with a backup goalie finding his game each and every start. Granted the Red Wings are an up and coming team, Steve Yzerman upgraded them in key positions, but this was a very winnable game. This is concerning seeing as the roster is pretty much set for the next few seasons, and this is the sort of culture you don’t want to set in when your championship window just opens up. I don’t know if that’s coaching, I don’t know if that’s entitlement on the group thinking they don’t need to take teams like the Red Wings, the Blue Jackets, or the Sharks seriously, but they are lacking that “killer instinct”. It’s only 13 games into the season, but you do notice trends of the team and one is very clear for this year: The Rangers play down to their opponents.
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