They play Boston end of season. I get it 71, you're out. No worries, maybe next year. I'll just wait until it's official since there are no accolades for being first Rangers fan to predict they aren't going to make the playoffs beyond this board.
I'm just being realistic, not stating that i don't want them to make it, but this short season isn't really about that imo. More about getting the young guys experience and developing some continuity going into hopefully a 'normal' year in the fall.
The playoffs are done. Being 5 points behind, AND the Bruins have 3 games in hand, AND they have 1 more game against Buffalo than we do, AND we are also behind Philly (who we need to pass on the way to catching the Bruins for 4th). As 71 said, it is not just an opinion, the %'s are overwhelming we don't get in. Yes anything can happen of course, but it is VERY unlikely based simply on math. Either way, go win a lot of games, like almost all of them, and we'll go from there. As for next year, I don't think it is getting very close 71, I think it is getting off to a solid start, and being in playoff position otherwise Quinn gets fired in season IMO. It has to happen next season or he will not make it through I believe. He'll get a shot into next season for sure I think, unless they totally collapse down the stretch, but if they are not playing well into Nov/Dec he will get canned IMO. And rightfully so if that is the case. Has to be about wins/points/playoffs next season.
Lafreniere playing 8 minutes is a clear cut sign of a coach scared for his job and no longer committed to developing our best, young players. That and Zibanejad clearly doesn't like him. Add in a few other things and you have a coach that will be fired soon. Way before the end of the season IMO.
You look at the desperation by pathetic Quinn yesterday. Playing all his top vet forwards over 20 minutes. A sad display of desperation by a coach who knows he's going to be fired.
I don't think that is fair to Knoblauch, yes he only played Lafreniere 7:53 in a game last week, but I don't think that's because he is scared of losing his job. I also seriously doubt Knoblauch gets fired by the end of the season. I would expect he'll be back in the AHL if he doesn't stay as an assistant with the big club. So as usual, I disagree with you.
Or it could have been a coach who saw his top players playing well, and knew it was a huge 2 points for us, and said yes I'll play my top guys an extra minute or two each in this game to try and win it. I know that's crazy, but it could have been that. With you fools the guy is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Playing to win, oh you have to play the kids. Playing the kids, of they lost and quit on him. He cannot win, but that's what happens when you have a pre-determined narrative and try and reverse squeeze the facts into it. But even with that said, I still do not think Knoblauch only played Lafreniere 7:53 in a game because he was scared of being fired. I don't agree at all.
Note to chuck, Laf played 8 min yesterday with Quinn the coach not knoblach. They were down 4-0 with 13 min left. Curious as to what top players he thought were playing so well that the kids were kept on the bench. They made it close but it was a moral victory at best. I still don’t think we’re out of it. I expect us to pass the flyers shortly and Boston is way underperforming this year and will have a lot of back to backs shortly. They lost to the devils again and had a last minute comeback the game before to beat mighty buffalo. Chuck, you may be right and we don’t make the playoffs. But with 20 something games left out there and 40 something points in play, trailing 5 points out of a playoff spot is not yet impossible to overcome. Keep the faith. If we’re gonna do it I’d rather do it with kids who have a future here and not the Howdens, Rooney’s, blackwells and smiths that are out there now. Wouldn’t it be something if the KAKKOs, laf’s and gautier along with kravtsov shortly get the time and chances to flourish and do so. Then you have a team on the come and can cause some damage. And if they don’t you’ve lost nothing as you don’t think they’ll make the playoffs anyway. I still think Quinn is here the rest of the season but am hoping the team makes a coaching change for next season.
I think he's outta here in the next 2 weeks. Especially with Kravtsov and Barron coming. You can't have somebody as incompetent as him with young forwards when so much of the future here relies on these young forwards.
Oh, sorry mel. I thought he was referencing the game under Knoblauch when he did the same exact thing and no one said boo. My bad - and in no way does that show a pre-determined line of thinking to knock Quinn for everything. Good times.
As far as the playoffs go, go win a lot of games and anything can happen. The math and %'s are overwhelmingly against us. It is 5 points, but with games in hand, and also being behind 5th place Philly, it will be very challenging to get there. But again, go win and accumulate points, and let the chips fall where they may. Same page.
Chuck can have his opinions whatever they are. However, if he's gonna say that Sunday Quinn wasn't coaching like a scared bitch the way he gave over 20 minutes of ice time to his top 5 forwards, he's full of shit. He coached that game like a coach that expects to lose his job. It was very obvious. Much like it was obvious that the team again sent a message to JD and Gorton that they don't want to play for this guy.
It was not obvious at all. It was obvious he was going all out to win a game that was very important given where we stand, and the team played thier butts off in the 3rd in response. What is also obvious is your clear pre-determined narrative against Quinn. That's pretty clear in many ways as has been pointed out by other posters.
