Well I thought Kreider had a decent game
- TPC

Anyone noticing Vesey much lately? He seems to have hit a bit of a rookie wall, IMO. Maybe I am wrong, just haven't noticed him much.

Anyone noticing Vesey much lately? He seems to have hit a bit of a rookie wall, IMO. Maybe I am wrong, just haven't noticed him much.
- Pete V

He only played 6 minutes last night.

With the forward depth on this team it is going to take a trade to get him back into the top 9.

Anyone noticing Vesey much lately? He seems to have hit a bit of a rookie wall, IMO. Maybe I am wrong, just haven't noticed him much.
- Pete V

I noticed him looking awful, but I think he only played 6 minutes

definitely has hit a wall

but, the forwards are not the problem right now, so it's kind of being ignored

Pete they looked very good last night

Agree on Mcdonagh thought he looked like shyt as well
- mrn22

The D looks very passive. They back into the zone allowing the other team entry and then they all follow the puck carrier or slide across the ice like snow angels. Other than that they just stand there waiting for something to happen. They used to keep opponents to the outside but now they are getting past and overrun. Need to attack more.

I thought Brad Skjei looked like this all game


- jimbro83

The give away on the 4th goal was the back breaker, Holden covering Roussel was just the icing on that sequence

I don't want to pile on McDonaugh but what I wouldn't give for a captain like Benn. Although Benn can be a little punk when his player was being challenged he stepped right in and defended his guy. He's vocal, he's tough. I never liked quiet, passive captains like McD and Leetch when he wore the C.

Still disgusted by the defense, Hank and overall the entire team for their lack of a spine throughout the game, Jamie Benn really had a free night at the Garden, I don't remember a player chirping so much without the any pushback, at no point did any Ranger say that's enough
- KreiderBomb

This is the thing I find most concerning. It is a lack of leadership on this team. I know not everyone is a Messier, but can you just imagine for one second Jamie Benn yapping like that to a Messier led team? The next shift he'd be picking his teeth off the garden ice.
Teams have free reign to run guys over and take cheap shots and there isn't one guy to a man that will do anything about it. Klein will step up, so will Miller and Kreider but there is such a lack of toughness on this team that there is no deterrent. Chris Neil had a field day when they played Ottawa, Andrew Shaw, Cody frickin Eakin.. The Flyers are licking their chops for January 25th.

Puck possession isn't at all valued, the d flips out every puck, that's not a breakout that's a turnover, the forwards have no sort of forecheck, everything is derived off the rush with this team, one dimensional hockey, AV will lose his job if this is how we coast the rest of the season, Buchnevich is clearly the best at protecting the puck and cycling, maybe Zucc and Miller are comparable but everyone else treats the puck like it's the (frank)ing HIV, Step would be so much better if his muscles weren't pure fat, he gets pushed off so easily

I don't want to pile on McDonaugh but what I wouldn't give for a captain like Benn. Although Benn can be a little punk when his player was being challenged he stepped right in and defended his guy. He's vocal, he's tough. I never liked quiet, passive captains like McD and Leetch when he wore the C.
- jnyfive

I think Stepan is starting to take a more vocal leadership role, and perhaps he needs to do more of that. I don't think every Captain needs to be overly vocal, but I do think a team needs someone to peel the pain of the walls when the team's effort isn't what it should be. And, I think Stepan has the credibility to do that.

I think Stepan is starting to take a more vocal leadership role, and perhaps he needs to do more of that. I don't think every Captain needs to be overly vocal, but I do think a team needs someone to peel the pain of the walls when the team's effort isn't what it should be. And, I think Stepan has the credibility to do that.
- Pete V

Like the angry grandfather.

This is the thing I find most concerning. It is a lack of leadership on this team. I know not everyone is a Messier, but can you just imagine for one second Jamie Benn yapping like that to a Messier led team? The next shift he'd be picking his teeth off the garden ice.
Teams have free reign to run guys over and take cheap shots and there isn't one guy to a man that will do anything about it. Klein will step up, so will Miller and Kreider but there is such a lack of toughness on this team that there is no deterrent. Chris Neil had a field day when they played Ottawa, Andrew Shaw, Cody frickin Eakin.. The Flyers are licking their chops for January 25th.
- MiloslavHorava

Nope they just sit on the bench waiting for another 21 Pilots song to get played, we need an Avery or Carcillo type ass hole in that locker room, maybe Burrows is that ass hole

Nope they just sit on the bench waiting for another 21 Pilots song to get played, we need an Avery or Carcillo type ass hole in that locker room, maybe Burrows is that ass hole
- KreiderBomb

May I interest you in a gently-used Eric Boulton?

May I interest you in a gently-used Eric Boulton?
- eichiefs9

Mother (frank)er is pure.....

I thought Brad Skjei looked like this all game


- jimbro83

He has cooled off so much after the start he had this year

He has cooled off so much after the start he had this year
- mrn22

and he cant hit the net to save his life

Mother (frank)er is pure.....



- mdw7413

Pure conditioner?

Larry Brooks ‏@NYP_Brooksie
Column. The Rangers are in a full-blown goalie crisis http://nyp.st/2jmjzBQ via @nypostsports

I think Clendening has looked pretty good in this stretch
- mrn22

Pure conditioner?
- eichiefs9

His whole time with the Isles has been one long conditioning stint..

He has cooled off so much after the start he had this year
- mrn22

Honestly, I think it is totally normal for a rookie defensemen playing his first full season in the NHL to have some bad stretches. You just have to live with it, but it's also the reason why you don't want to insert too many young defensemen at one time.

His whole time with the Isles has been one long conditioning stint..
- mdw7413

Oooooooooooh....that was a long shot, but I get it.

Larry Brooks ‏@NYP_Brooksie
Column. The Rangers are in a full-blown goalie crisis http://nyp.st/2jmjzBQ via @nypostsports
- 21peter

The goalie stinks because the defensive structure stinks. And vice versa.

Oooooooooooh....that was a long shot, but I get it.
- eichiefs9

Not my best work

The goalie stinks because the defensive structure stinks. And vice versa.
- tomburton99

listen, they are just throwing pucks at Lundqvist right now and they are going in, the defense is brutal but I mean, Lundqvist is in a terrible place right now

listen, they are just throwing pucks at Lundqvist right now and they are going in, the defense is brutal but I mean, Lundqvist is in a terrible place right now
- jimbro83

Completely agree. Lundqvist stinks, but let's not pretend the Rangers are playing decent in front of him either.