Why not just tank?

[southpole12]

I am a long time ranger fan, 25 years to be exact and I am 34 lol. We are not going anywhere this season as much as I wish that was not the case. To have a chance to land hughes in the lottery and then pick up Panarin. Kravtsov coming over and shestorkin coming to be the backup, we would stand well in the contender spot. Heck Pittsburgh did it, why not us?

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[The Crypto Guy]

Sure, why not. I'll inform Gorton.

 

[ThurmNYY]

I doubt they will be able to get away with a complete tank job for the entire season. Ranger fans will not tolerate paying $200.00 a game on average to watch a team lay down.
Management sold it as a fast track rebuild but judging by the caliber of players we have I do not anticipate nothing quick about this rebuild.
But then again management had no issue with charging the price they have to put the team on the ice the last 3 seasons or at any point in their history.
They knew going into last year that they were going to do what they did and they still sold us that they were going for it. Empty seats is the only way to get through to management on this team but unfortunately that does not happen at the Garden.
I have been a fan for over 53 years and had seasons for over 30 years and the garden was full of diehards. Now the entire lower bowl is corporate seats where more often then not are filled with people who are there because they got free tickets from their company. My point being is the most expensive seats in the house are all sold and taken care of so it would be hard to hit the team in the wallet. It also being Manhattan ensures the building will be mostly full on any given night regardless of how the team performs. It certainly did not hurt for the most part during the 7 year playoff drought.

 

[Hire Sather]

Yep just have coach Q to tell the players to lose on purpose, it's not like their performance will have any effect on their future earnings.

 

[haveandare]

I am a long time ranger fan, 25 years to be exact and I am 34 lol. We are not going anywhere this season as much as I wish that was not the case. To have a chance to land hughes in the lottery and then pick up Panarin. Kravtsov coming over and shestorkin coming to be the backup, we would stand well in the contender spot. Heck Pittsburgh did it, why not us?

What would you consider just tanking? I think they've done about as much as is reasonably possible without putting a complete garbage product on the ice. They're going to be near the bottom of the standings as is, and even finishing dead last doesn't give you all that great odds at 1OA anymore.

 

[Edge]

I think a lack of free agent signings or stop-gap trades is about as close to tanking as this franchise is going to get without slipping something into the players' water bottles.

 

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

We aren't tanking? 0-3 says differently.....

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

We aren't tanking? 0-3 says differently.....

It's not tanking when you play your best team and the players try hard to win, but still lose 3 in a row

 

[Zats Muccarello]

It's not tanking when you play your best team and the players try hard to win, but still lose 3 in a row

Outside of Vesey, Fast and Hank who has been trying hard to win?

 

[Irishguy42]

Management tanks. Not the coaching staff or players.

All coaches and players try hard to win every game.

I agree with Edge's post 100%. The Rangers will not pull a '14-'15 Sabres.

 

[pld459666]

Sure, why not. I'll inform Gorton.

Maybe get Gorton to issue out a letter to the Season Ticket Holders that the intention is to rebuild.

 

[Leonardo87]

Hank doesn’t Tank.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Outside of Vesey, Fast and Hank who has been trying hard to win?

Howden, Chytil, Skjei, Kreider... Basically everyone. If you think pro athletes aren't trying, I don't know what to tell you

 

[TGWL]

Players play for contracts. Stats matter. Go tell them they need to screw up, dial back the passion and tank. Teams generally don't go on the rink with the intention to lose, maybe some fans want that, but generally the organization doesn't attempt that, even during a rebuild. That's bad sportsmanship, and if I were in charge of the league and could factually prove a team was doing that, I'd take their lottery shot away from them. Can more be done to help the bottom teams, perhaps, but they shouldn't be handed future success by tanking on purpose.

 

[Gardner McKay]

This is being discussed ad nauseam in just about every thread. We don't need another one.