NY Rangers Trends: A Lacking Finish

As I sit here watching round one of the playoffs and think of the developments related to the New York Rangers in the last two weeks I can only admit that this piece is mostly ceremonial. For those of you who have read my sporadic blogs or happen to follow me on Twitter, part of the pride I take in finding trends related to the Rangers is the timing involved – aka seeing or saying something before most others do not. This post, let’s look at how lacking finish impacted the Rangers trends throughout the season.

Hot shooting but slipping play

When I last checked in on 3/27, the Rangers were in the midst of a 3 to 4 week regression of their shot percentage that, coupled with their somewhat…