Yet another of the short and sweet variety folks.? The Rangers havent come to play in a long time now, at least 3 straight games (unlike most people I thought they played like crap against the Senators).
While typing that sentence I came into a discussion over on Sam Weinmans site (see link on right) with a fellow Ranger fan who basically called me out for being someone who is happy the Rangers lost, just so I can say that as a cynic, I am right… here was my response….
“Dont give me that crap about being happy that the Rangers got blasted.? Im NOT happy.? The point is Ive not been happy with this teams play in quite some time.? Weve been playing like crap, but only our goaltending, which up until tonight, was on a ridiculous streak of stopping just about everything, saved our butts.
Know what im not happy about? im not happy the rangers took 12 penalties against Dallas.? Im not happy the Rangers are constantly caught flatfooted in their own zone, im not happy Malik and Rozsival continually try high risk (high reward) passes through the middle of the zone.? Sure they may work for a while, but the law of averages say those passes are going to be picked off at least as much as they connect, if not more.? Im not happy the Rangers continually send 3 men below the net in an attempt to cycle the puck, then get caught for a 3 or 4 on 2 rush the other way.? Im not happy the coach has basically no idea how to play our youth and is destroying the confidence of a very good defenseman (Better than Bozo thats for sure) in Pock, and a 30 goal scorer in Prucha.? Im not happy Renney continues to play Shanahan on the PK when there are other guys who can do the deed just as good, and arent as important to the other aspects of the game that he is.
I hate people saying that questioning the team, or being unhappy with a win means you are a cynic and hate the team and stuff.? Not accepting mediocrity should be the norm, sadly, i just dont see it in my fellow ranger fans.”?
So there you have it.? My position on accepting mediocrity.? The Rangers have been surviving on their goaltending as of late, NOT their overall play.? It comes as no surprise that this was the culmination of seasons worth of bad habits, and poor decision making.
-Inferno