"If your aluminum poles are up and decorated, then you're ready to celebrate in style. We all have many Rangers grievances this year, since this team has given us so many reasons to pull our hair out. After 38 games, this team is 18-16-4 and has scored just 97 goals (2.55 goals per game) in that span. They are not very good, and there's no help coming."
"The Rangers have no direction. They are not a good team, they are not a bad team, they are in the middle. No one wants to be in the middle, stuck in purgatory. It's frustrating because we are closer to the 1998-2004 dark ages than we are to the 2012-2015 Cup runs. The Rangers either need to thread the needle perfectly, something not many believe is possible, or just tear it down, which isn't happening."
"For years, we heard the Rangers were "too much east-west and not enough north-south." Well folks, the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction. One of the issues with the Rangers is they are all north-south with no east-west play, and that makes them equally predictable and unable to score. The team needs more skill in the lineup that can play east-west, making them less predictable on the ice."
The Rangers sit at 18-16-4 after 38 games with only 97 goals (2.55 per game), reflecting weak offensive production and an inconsistent team identity. The roster appears stuck between rebuilding and competing, with recent trades and signings such as Jacob Trouba and Artemi Panarin suggesting the rebuild was shortened. The franchise lacks clear direction and risks falling into a prolonged middling period similar to past dark ages. On-ice strategy has shifted to a predominantly north-south attack, sacrificing east-west creativity and making the team predictable and less able to generate goals. More east-west skill and a definitive organizational plan are needed.
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