“(The Rangers) like to cheat a little bit more than these guys,” Bastian said. Devils forward Nathan Bastian gave a damning assessment of the Rangers by way of complimenting the Hurricanes after Game 1 of the second round. The Rangers showed in at least a couple of the games against the Devils that they can adhere to a system, that they can forecheck and stay patient in the neutral zone and adjust to a team that fuels itself off turnovers and rush chances. Gallant and longtime assistant Mike Kelly had a system and they did try to adjust. Everyone this week has taken a good, long, hard look in the mirror.” After having the exit meetings it was good - no one wants to be left off the hook. “We’re all disappointed we’re not playing.
“I am excited with our team, we have a lot of good players,” Drury said on a conference call Saturday. It may have more to do with how hard the ensconced veterans want to work to change things. Whether they have the horses at their core to go deep into the postseason may not depend on the proven track record of the next coach, whether that person is the currently suspended Joel Quenneville, the currently exiled Mike Babcock or any of the other longtime coaches on the market (Peter Laviolette, Darryl Sutter, Bruce Boudreau). The Rangers are good enough to be a perennial playoff team. Three Metro teams have a shot at winning Monday’s NHL Draft Lottery to select Connor Bedard, a game-changing No. Carolina’s system is second to none, able to cycle through different players and goalies and still produce the same effect. They lost to a Devils team that, despite currently getting tossed around by the Hurricanes in the conference semis, is built to last with speed and a strong system to back it up. But the Rangers, with or without Gallant, must change and adapt to the new realities around them.
We’re told at least a couple of Rangers players spoke up against Gallant in this week’s exit meetings, which could have been one of several factors Drury considered when, as he put it, he and Gallant decided a change was necessary.Ĭhange will be hard to come by on Drury’s roster, which includes five players that have no-move clauses and one, Barclay Goodrow, with a 15-team no-trade clause. That change went pretty well, as Alain Vigneault coached the Rangers to the Final the next season.Ĭurrent GM Chris Drury can only hope his decision to let Gerard Gallant go on Saturday will have the same effect.
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