This is a bit over the top. You're not really suggesting Chytil, Kakko, and Lafreniere will end up being a Jesper Fast,... are you? I can understand somewhat the impatience not to play these top prospects on the 1st or 2nd line. But when you have a Zibanejad, Kreider, Buch, Panarin, and Strome, playing close to their absolute best in their careers, asking for additional minutes for our top prospects is almost an impossibility. 3rd line minutes is all they'll get, and I know,... any coach in the NHL would do the same. The youngsters had limited opportunities to move up in the line up, with players being out. They had a few chances to earn top minutes. They are just not ready to replace guys playing their career best. Kakko has improved and has now moved up. So there is no great conspiracy to hold back the kids or that the coaches don't have a clue. It's only how NHL works.
At some point you’ve got to enjoy the here and now. I’m pessimistic by nature but this post says to my pessimism “hold my beer.” Sure not all these prospects will pan out but most are looking better and a core is developing that looks really good. We can project the worst into everything but that’s not true and rarely is accurate.
I agree Quinn is a mess and needs to go. I agree that teams have windows and I’ve made the point that this team had 2 windows that I can see, one is in the next few seasons and one is right after they decide which players are keepers. But the Rangers future is much brighter than a lot of the NHL especially those other teams who seem to be stuck in perpetual rebuild.
I'm not proposing a conspiracy theory; I'm not of the belief that Kakko and Lafreniere are being and will be 'ruined' by our coach; and I'm not really that pessimistic. I'm a fan, so I'm emotional about the team--but I'm also just a spectator and at the end of the day, I just watch and wait and see what happens.
What I was posting was more in response to posters trying to dunk on people for being upset or concerned (the poster I quoted, btw, definitely
wasn't doing that). It's sports. It's a thread that's live during and right after a game played by our favorite team (and let's face it , if you're a member of this board, you're a fanatic, of the 1% of most over-the-top invested fans of the team in the world probably). In that respect, I just think you have to let people express their feelings, even if those feelings are bad after a win, even if they say something that sounds extreme. And really, my whole point is that it's not really unreasonable to be concerned.
If you're just happy to see the Rangers win, then great, a great night to watch. If you trust 'the process' and feel confident that our young players are or will be making strides, great. But if you're looking ahead and you're worried, if you're skeptical of the results thus far--well, that's OK too, because frankly, there's plenty of reason to feel either way.