Should the word tanking ever be used in the same sentence as New York Rangers? It has been, a lot. An internet search for “New York Rangers tanking” yielded 219,000 results. Many of the entries came after Glen Sather and Jeff Gorton sent their February 8th letter to Ranger fans declaring the beginning of the rebuild.
While that letter made it clear that in their opinion the team was not good enough to compete in the playoffs, it never said that the intention was to lose.
Here are some definitions of tanking:
- Websters Dictionary defines tanking as “to make no effort to win; to lose intentionally.