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Tom Renney sent the clearest wakeup call he could to his team, he benched his best goalie. The move worked to the degree that the Rangers played hard, but they didn’t win the game and after a 4-1 defeat find themselves two games from elimination.
Some will criticize Renney for panicking after the first game of the series, but Gothamist thinks he did about the only thing he could to motivate his team. With Jaromir Jagr, Darius Kasparitis and Jason Ward lost to injuries; the team could have been back on its heels and feeling sorry for itself. Instead, Renney gave them something else to think about; their lousy play cost Lundqvist his job.
It didn’t work and the coach has other things to fix now. Ozolinsh needs to be benched because he is costing the Rangers too much defensively. Nylander, Straka and Sykora need to elevate their games because they should be the best Rangers on the ice, not Betts, Hollweg and Ortmeyer. Most of all he needs to decide on a goalie for tomorrow night. Does he go back to Lundqvist or stick with Weekes? Weekes didn’t do anything to merit a demotion, but neither did Lundqvist. Playoff hockey returns to the Garden after nine years tomorrow night!
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here's what the Rangers need to do...
make golf reservations for Sunday! 'cuz they're D-O-N-E!!
Before it was proven that one could go without hockey (see: NHL Lockout) some of us were Devils fans. One has to admire a team that actually admits they are from New Jersey and will stay in New Jersey and not despoil the County of Kings.
Prediction: Devils in 4.
as a ranger fan it pains me to say it, but this team destroyed itself 16 days ago... the last time they got a win.
devils in 4, but goodbye to them after that.
Yep - they probably will lose this series sadly, but they won't be swept.
I think Renney deserves a lot of credit for getting this team to go as far as it did w/ the lack of talent beyond Jagr and solid goaltending. Without Jagr and Renney's coaching, this team would have finished way out of the playoff running.
renney didn't particularly coach the team into their current position (well, save maybe this current losing streak), he just didn't get in the way. jags demands to be on the ice, as a coach, who are you to argue with your top player . . . and his buddies.
rangers down in 5, because there's still some pride left amongst a few of the players.
Don't worry-a NY team will take Lord Stanley's Cup. GO SABRES!!!!
Karen-
If the Rangers don't advance, I am sure everyone will root for the Sabres to beat the Flyers and then the Devils. No argument here.