He will go back to the same or old lines next game. Give Zibanadouche his usual ice time and pp. Hopefully they go on a losing streak and drusuck fires his ass.
Let's be clear, this whole mess of a team is on Drury. As Mess wrote the other day, sometimes you need to make some moves to shake things up, even if you are taking a risk. That is spot on as I have also been saying. Drury has no balls at all and is paralyzed by indecisiveness. He is in over his head and has been since the second he got promoted. Some of you in here consistently want to dance around it, blame this player, blame that player, blame this other player, on and on. The answer is extremely obvious and crystal clear, the core of this team is DONE, and it was a disgrace Drury did nothing except make the team worse, and keep the same old stale core 100% intact, an absolute disgrace. And respectfully, it is ridiculous some of you guys in here act as if that isn't 100% the case, and do not call Drury out for his horrific job. This team is going nowhere, and that was locked in the second Drury decided the right approach was to do nothing this past summer except lose players and bring the full core back 100%. With that said, while big picture this mess of a team is 100% on Drury, the Zibanejad situation is now an embarrassment for Zibanejad AND Lav. I have a lot of respect for Lav as a coach, but even I am losing it now as he simply refuses to hold Z accountable. For the love of God Lav, please scratch Z for a few games, maybe that will wake him up. Maybe it won't and he is awful now, but at least try it, because this mess from Z cannot continue. He was pathetic tonight all over the ice, mistake after mistake. It is embarrassing for Lav, and he needs to wake up and scratch his a**.
Despite their record, they need to shake up the roster a little by the new year. Maybe upgrade the 4th line somewhere and make some decisions on Lindgren, who looks washed up. I think Miller will be here through the year and then they move on from him.
Respectfully, tweaking the 4th line and moving some minor pieces around is not the cure for this team. Major changes are needed, as they were needed after the loss to Florida. The Rangers should be looking to make some big moves, that may be risky, but what we have has not and will not work, so take the chance and be bold.
Right, I'm just thinking in the short term before the bigger moves in Feb. I don't see them making any huge moves anyhow, maybe adding a Vatrano type for a pick/prospect.
This is a LONG way off and a conversation for a day in the future, but IF the Rangers are not a clear-cut legit SC contender, they should be sellers at the trade DL. Why double down on a team that isn't close to good enough. Try recouping some capital, maybe even getting rid of a contract, to set yourself up for some bigger moves next summer.
You know though if they're firmly in a playoff spot at the DL they will look to add someone to make one last push, even if they aren't really a legit cup threat.
But in the meantime maybe they can improve around the edges a little, then maybe make one move up top at the DL. Who knows, maybe Z will wake up halfway through the year
I put this on Lav more than Drury, he's just another AV type - play every regular season game like it's the playoffs so your team is spent come post season. The 3rd line was dominant tonight (+2) but Lav gives them 11:30 ice time. Schneider has been terrific defensively this year, +2 tonight but 13:22 ice time while wee Adam Fox gets 25, the poor little fellow will be beaten to a pulp come playoffs. Have to give some credit to Hellebuyck, he made some spectacular saves and benefitted from the Rangers inability to lift the puck.
Don't worry, 94 will tell us everything is OK as usual then want us to trade all our picks at the deadline when our core is aging quickly at this point.
