The New York Rangers were called out by their head coach for a “garbage” performance against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night.
Coming out of the Holiday Break, Gerard Gallant had hoped for a lot more effort from his team then a 4-0 no show. At practice on Wednesday, he skated them hard and even had them doing sprints without the puck.
“We tried to get rid of that turkey dinner for all of us,” Gallant quipped. “We didn’t get rid of enough (versus the Capitals). I was real happy with everything in practice today.