Are the Rangers the worst President's Trophy winners of the Cap era?

[Machinehead]

Over the the last three years, the Rangers have the 5th most wins in the NHL.

@eyjee always told me that after awhile, you are what the wins say you are.

This lends credence to the notion that the internal numbers are working.

It's not like the Lundqvist era where the Rangers were one of the last two teams to have an analytics department. They basically have their own analytics company now.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Quick has won 3 Stanley Cups. I don't think there will be much hesitation on the Rangers' part in that case.

True… like a a decade ago though. I’d imagine it’ll be some pretty intense converations on whether to replace a guy who very recently was viewed as the best in the world

 

[HugeInTheShire]

I look at the Rangers and I don't see a team that really deserves to be in the position they're at. I see the gap in CORSI between them and Carolina is momentous. Carolina definitely should have won the President's Trophy, but NYR is a very luck-based, hope-for-a-penalty team and it got them where they are.

Honestly maybe the Rangers are a bubble playoff team in a Deserve-To-Win factored scenario, but you see so many teams with excellent analytics like the Devils for example that should be in but got unlucky with bad goaltending. When you look at Fenwick, GF%, etc. it paints a really scary story if you're a Rangers fan.

The only team I think that might be worse, SINCE THE CAP ERA, would be the 2009 San Jose Sharks. But I wanna know your opinions. Is the Rangers lucky/how big will an upset of them in Round 1 be compared to Boston last year.

This is what you decided to make as your very first post?

Fans like you give the rest of us a bad name.

Also, take notice while all the Ranger fans are tearing you a new one, not one other Devil fan has posted in this thread. Until me, right now on page 4.

Know when to sit out, zero reason to make a post like this knowing full well the Devils missed the playoffs.

 

[Lt Dan]

I find it sad but also predictable how people are attacking the devils in this post. We have the brightest future of any team in the league and a brighter history, pretty much any team would kill for.

 

[ElLeetch]

I think the holy triumvirate of Panarin, Fox and Shesterkin is like ninety percent of their team so they will go as far as that group takes them.

We had just a goalie at one point being 100% of our team, and were three goals away from winning the cup

 

[Kupo]

This is what you decided to make as your very first post?

Fans like you give the rest of us a bad name.

Also, take notice while all the Ranger fans are tearing you a new one, not one other Devil fan has posted in this thread. Until me, right now on page 4.

Know when to sit out, zero reason to make a post like this knowing full well the Devils missed the playoffs.

We all have that 1 guy in our fanbase that makes everyone cringe when they post.

 

[ElLeetch]

I find it sad but also predictable how people are attacking the devils in this post. We have the brightest future of any team in the league

the consensus is the devils have a pool that is in the bottom half of the league:

The NHL’s Best Farm Systems Ranked - 2023-24 Midseason Update - The Hockey Writers Latest News, Analysis & More

2024 NHL prospect pool rankings: Scott Wheeler's annual countdown

Scott Wheeler's annual deep dive into every NHL team's collection of prospects.

theathletic.com

 

[HugeInTheShire]

We all have that 1 guy in our fanbase that makes everyone cringe when they post.

Devils definitely have a few that serve no purpose other than to make the rest of us look stupid lol.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Are the Devils the worst choke job of the cap era? The dynasty in the making were the biggest embarrassment in the NHL this year. I'd rather be the worst Presidents' Trophy winner of the cap era than that.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

I look at the Rangers and I don't see a team that really deserves to be in the position they're at. I see the gap in CORSI between them and Carolina is momentous. Carolina definitely should have won the President's Trophy, but NYR is a very luck-based, hope-for-a-penalty team and it got them where they are.

Honestly maybe the Rangers are a bubble playoff team in a Deserve-To-Win factored scenario, but you see so many teams with excellent analytics like the Devils for example that should be in but got unlucky with bad goaltending. When you look at Fenwick, GF%, etc. it paints a really scary story if you're a Rangers fan.

The only team I think that might be worse, SINCE THE CAP ERA, would be the 2009 San Jose Sharks. But I wanna know your opinions. Is the Rangers lucky/how big will an upset of them in Round 1 be compared to Boston last year.

The first half of the year CAR's goaltending was bottom 10% of the league. When your goalie can't make a save - Corsi doesn't mean much. They dug themselves too deep a hole to track down the Rangers.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

It's probably also the "we weren't expected to be here" approach taking over for you. It's like the anxiety of the first round matchup against NYR is lessened by a "whatever happens" approach.

I'm not expecting us to sweep the caps. We have flaws. They have flaws. It should be a close series for the most part.

Exactly right. Honestly just happy that Ovi, Carlson, and Oshie get another chance to play playoff hockey since it certainly wasn’t guaranteed after the way last season went. I have zero expectations for the Caps to make a run so just getting to watch another four games (at least) feels great. Still want them to go all the way obviously but the feeling of impending doom is not there like it used to be.

 

[eviohh26]

Best 1st post award goes to. And a NJ fan to boot. I love this place.

 

[Chardo]

This may be the best Rangers team in their history.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Annnnd were done here.

Seems like more of this was about the Devils than the topic at hand.