Blue Seat Blogs · Feb 1, 2021
NY Rangers Game 9 Open Thread: What distractions?
Distractions? What distractions? The Rangers have a game tonight against the Buffalo Sabres, whom they split a two-game set with last week. The Rangers no-showed the first game completely, but were much better in their OT win in the second game.
At this point, it doesn’t matter what the other team is or how they are performing. The Rangers need to get their house in order. They’ve been complacent in far too many aspects of the game on the ice (let’s focus on that). They are inconsistent in their neutral zone pressure and defensive zone coverages. Add in that they aren’t shooting or scoring nearly as much as last year, and it’s a recipe for disaster.