After a solid start to the 2024/25 campaign, the New York Rangers have completely fallen off in recent times, and after their latest loss, this team has officially hit rock bottom as they sit dead last in the Metropolitan Division standings.
After weeks and weeks of drama, this team has seemingly fallen apart completely now, and in his latest piece, veteran reporter Larry Brooks has completely eviscerated them, laying all of their problems out for everyone to see.
Perhaps the biggest issue with the entire team has been the final comment made by Brooks, that the team have given up on the city of New York, despite coming into the season carrying the social media tag of #NoQuitinNY.
After already trading away captain Jacob Trouba and young winger Kaapo Kakko, the team have won just four of their last 18 games, and with none of their veterans interested in leading this team anymore, it's unclear what the direction of this team is going forward.
Despite having the likes of Artemi Panarin, Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox, Alexis Lafreniere and Igor Shesterkin among others, this team is just getting outplayed and isn't putting in the effort needed, and it could lead to some big changes.
With Peter Laviolette and Chris Drury both on the hot seat, there's a real danger of this roster being blown up in a big way, and if Brooks' comments are accurate, this may be the end of a disappointing yet promising core group.
POLL | ||
DÉCEMBRE 30 | 368 ANSWERS A Disgrace to The Sweater: Beloved Rangers Journalist Larry Brooks Exposes the New York Rangers Will the Rangers turn it around and make the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2024/25? | ||
Yes | 58 | 15.8 % |
No | 310 | 84.2 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Shea Theodore | - | 4 | 4 | |
Charlie Coyle | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Matthew Knies | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Mitch Marner | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Jared McCann | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Jaccob Slavin | - | 3 | 3 | |
Bo Horvat | 2 | - | 2 | |
Nick Paul | 2 | - | 2 | |
Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Ryan Donato | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Pavel Dorofeyev | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Jack Eichel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Philipp Kurashev | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Elias Lindholm | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Brad Marchand | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Auston Matthews | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Jacob Middleton | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Jamie Oleksiak | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
David Pastrnak | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Darren Raddysh | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Capitals | 46 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 67 | |
Jets | 47 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 65 | |
Oilers | 46 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 61 | |
Golden Knights | 46 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 61 | |
Maple Leafs | 47 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 60 | |
Stars | 46 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 59 | |
Wild | 46 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 58 | |
Devils | 49 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 58 | |
Hurricanes | 46 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 57 | |
Avalanche | 47 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 57 | |
Conference | Cumulative |