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    David Quinn is "Sweating profusely," in ESPN+ Head Coaching Hot Seat Heat Index

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    Another reason I think Quinn will be fired at season's end is that Gorton's job is also on the line here. You draft #7, #9, #2, and #1 in consecutive seasons and none of these players are making an impact on the team. One of them isn't even in the organization anymore.

     

    The only young players who are achieving anything have developed outside the team or the organization all together (fox and miller spent 0 time in the rangers system before stepping into the lineup). The guys who the Rangers have "put their hands on" right away have underwhelmed in every sense.

     

    If I'm Gorton, I have to fire Quinn to save face and hope someone else can get something out of these players. Otherwise, this looks like an absolute disaster where the Rangers can't decide if they're rebuilding or competing. You sign Panarin, Trouba, and Kreider while hiring a "developmental coach." That coach then feels like his job is to win so he rides those star players while the most important development pieces have fallen on their faces. On top of that, the team isn't even winning. Players like Blackwell are playing on the 2nd line because he gives the team a better chance to win (which is true), but if the team doesn't win anyway, who cares?

     

    I don't think many people thought this team would make the playoffs but the games keep getting more frustrating instead of inspiring. I feel like DQ has been put in an impossible situation by management. Star players or star prospects? You focus on one, it's a massive waste of money. You focus on the other, it's a massive waste of top picks. I think it's quite obvious you can't do both at the same time.

     

    Sadly, I have no hope for Kravstov at this point. I'm glad he's getting his chance, but I expect nothing more than a couple points from him this season. Until there is some kind of change, I don't know how this team improves. Four top ten picks. Four. And none of them have made an impact. There's something rotten here.

    How is it the organization gets no credit for Fox and Miller development?

     

    Laf and Kakko played as many minor league games within the Rangers organization as Fox and Miller...

     

    Smh..has nothing to do with Laf and Kakko being 2 and 3 years younger than Fox and Miller, who both played college hockey.

     

    Lars Anderson was overdrafted and the Kings sent him down.

     

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    Henrik Lundqvist is the Greatest Ranger in History

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    To be fair though, it's much, much harder to be the X-Factor that carries a team when you're a defenseman. I'd argue the nature of the position of goaltending lends itself to a GOAT argument. When you compare resumes, however, and discount the idea of carrying a team, I think it's Leetch for me by a pretty wide margin. Make no mistake, the Cup thing matters. Like, A LOT. It will forever be the blemish on Henrik's otherwise sterling career. It's not the be-all end-all of the debate, but it skews it heavily for me.

     

    RangersIn7's point about Richter's signature moments kind of makes the point aptly. Where was the Pavel Bure penalty shot stop? The robbing the Devils of a goal mere seconds before "MATTEAU MATTEAU!!!" Henrik made some big saves in the playoffs, but he also made some big whiffs. That game winning goal against Tampa in Game 7 of the ECFs in 2015 was atrocious. It was a softy from center ice. Granted, the team sucked that whole game and laid a massive egg on home ice. But Ben Bishop didn't make those mistakes. In fact, I would argue that in every playoff series we lost, it was heavily due in part to Henrik being outplayed by the other team's goalie. The Rangers turned scrubs into world-beaters (and we still do), but I can't remember a time we needed that huge save from Henrik in the playoffs and actually got it.

     

    Maybe there is actually no factual basis for this claim, and my opinion is more than likely tarnished from the past few years of the shell of Henrik in net, but for me, he was never a "big game" goalie. When it mattered most, he couldn't get it done.

    Some impressive numbers in game 7s and elimination games86ebb42045053c56a56bc92ca3393797.jpg

     

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