Rangers Drop A 2-1 Game To The Bruins

The New York Rangers have been very frustrating to watch over the past few seasons for some reason if they score or not they seem to find ways to lose a lot of games by only one goal.

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Something has to give when you are playing in tight games, it has been said enough it is time to bring results on the ice.

It wasn't former Head Coach Tom Renney's fault nor is it the current Head Coach John Tortorella's fault, the blame has to be put on the players.

They went from being one of the better defensive teams in the league last year and a lot of that falls onto Tom Renney's coaching in the past.

Now John Tortorella has grown his team into an offensive style that would pan out if the right players were out there.

The one thing that I have criticized John for and will continue to is the captain #23 Chris Drury belongs on the 4th line.

Far as I'm concerned he is not even in the top 5 scorers on the team so why bother putting him out there that much?

He gets all that ice time and never finds the back of the net I am wondering if there is anyone else on the planet with enough guts to point it out.

Getting shots on goal is not a problem for him and he skates very well every game so we know he is at 100 percent, so you have to hit a point where enough is enough.

Again #16 Sean Avery came up big for New York helping set up their only goal of the game on an assist to #4 Michael Del Zotto's 8th goal of the season.

I see it if Sean has a bad game he is punished and forced to sit one out, why doesn't the same rules apply to everyone else?

They ended up losing 2-1 big shocker there they were once again unable to get the advantage at the end of the day.

I do not think that the Rangers will be able to earn a slot into the playoffs and to be honest they really don't deserve one.

In the off season many moves will have to be made this is not the team that can get it done in big games, they just roll over and quit when the pressure is on.

Years ago you had Jaromir Jagr but you also gave him a nice line mate in Michael Nylander, the two players clicked well together and were exciting to watch.

Now you have #10 Marian Gaborik but where is the support?

The next highest paid player on the team now has only 28 points in 66 games played, which I'm sorry is absolutely disgusting.

One player who could have turned the power play around Ales Kotalik was traded for #12 Olli Jokinen, but the deals stopped right there.

There was a new found energy that lingered on for a few weeks but the battery has died very fast as of late, and it is time to light a fire under these guys.

If you want to take some good from the game the Rangers net minder #30 Henrik "The King" Lundqvist played a solid game stopped 29 out of 31 shots, making key saves to keep the blueshirts in contention throughout.

New York has until Wednesday for their next game when they will take on the New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden with the puck scheduled to drop at 7:00 pm eastern time.

Head Coach John Tortorella will have to get to work beating some knowledge into the players who are supposed to be carrying the team down the stretch.

He has to realize that many of his players are way too impatient with the puck and it causes them to make a lot of mistakes.

You are not going to set up players by making blind passes to the opposition, and by missing the net by 30 feet because all that will do is result in a breakaway for the opposing team.

Its good to get shots on goal but you have to have a plan you can't just get rid of the puck the moment it touches your stick unless you have a real scoring touch.

Sean Avery may not be one of the better scorers in the NHL but one on one he more times than not gets that sneaky little wrist shot in between the pipes.

Chris Drury is a player who has a very gifted slap shot and he never seems to use it.

I watch Chris take this wrist shots from 40 feet out and hit nothing but boards, a player who has been around as long as him should know how to play the game.

Lets hope things fall into place because there is not a lot of time left.