The team does do too many things wrong. You act like we should be thanking it for making the playoffs despite not winning the Cup but once in 80 years.
Nils’ situation has been mishandled just like Kravtsov before him. The GM either needs to keep his assets in line, make room for them, or get top value for them when he has the chance before it becomes a problem. Once is excusable, this is like the third time this has happened. Chris Drury doesn’t have a good enough handle on his prospect situation, probably because he and the organization changes courses midstream from rebuild to “who gives a shit about prospects, we are gonna ride Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba till the org faces it’s next rebuild.”
How am I acting like we should be thanking them for making the playoffs? Because I don’t and won’t subscribe to this exaggerated dramatization about how bad things are handled by this organization? What are the “too many” things this organization has done wrong that makes them so different than the rest of the league? That they are the black sheep of the league. I think you are confusing this organization with the Buffalo Sabres. Or the Arizona Coyotes. How about the Edmonton Oilers. I am trying to understand this unrealistic expectation you have of this organization, or any NHL organization for that matter. Have we handed out bad contracts from time to time? Sure. Have we maybe overpaid a player a little from time to time? Sure. Have we missed on draft picks? Sure. Have we hired the wrong coaches at times? Sure. Have we signed aging vet before or a player that just doesn’t fit at all? Sure. But you do realize EVERY other team makes these common errors from time to time?
The second paragraph is complete and utter nonsense. Especially the bolded. You are expecting perfection. Perfect everything. Perfect handling, perfect roster management, perfect timing of asset evaluation. This insanely the biggest bullshit expectation I may have ever read from a sports fan. Let me emphasize FAN. What GM operates that way? I mean lets keep in mind not every GM gets to have as many prospects/assets as Gorton/Drury did, which by in large has created these situations. You keep harping on Drury, yet Gorton was here for a good portion of this too. Lias Andersson. How was Nils supposed to be handled differently? I laid out for you the timeline from last year and you had nothing to say about that.
And then to stake the claim that Drury “doesnt give a shit about prospects”…what f***ing planet you living on pal? Have you seen the roster lately? Are you living in an alternate universe where the Rangers have an old, aging roster? Are you confusing us with the Islanders? Last I checked the Roster this year is set up to have 9 players that we drafted on our own (Igor, Jones, Schneider, Miller, Kakko, Chytil, Lafreniere, Kravtsov, Kreider), and another 3 that we traded for while still young and breaking into the league (Lindgren, Fox, Zibanejad). You could throw Trouba into that 2nd group being that we got him at 25. God forbid they have any quality veterans in the lineup… shame on them for keeping Kreider around and adding Trouba — who again was added when he was 1) 25 Years old 2) we were weak on RD 3) had no idea what Fox would be come.
Smh man. Smdh.