David Quinn is on the clock

Yes, it’s a rebuild. Yes, the Rangers are a young team. Yes, it’s October. But it should not be this bad.

The Rangers are 3-5-1 with a goal differential of -5. They have a couple of impressive wins under their belt as well: the exhilarating opening night triumph over Winnipeg, and last week’s comprehensive 6-2 drubbing of a strong Buffalo Sabres team. But other than that, it’s been mostly bad. Off the charts bad, and historically bad for this era, as noted by Rob L. and Dave yesterday.

There have been stretches of play so desultory that the puck never seems to reach the opposing team’s zone, let alone land on the stick of a Ranger with a chance to score. The data agree with the eye test. The…