New York Rangers Notes

* Quick update: In the original post I totally forgot about the whole Ryan McDonagh thing, so I’m adding it here. His turnover in overtime was Girardi-level bad, and he’s not looked himself all year. You can make the claim that his lack of stability on his partner is

* Until Alain Vigneault dresses his best lineup (maybe, if he ever dresses his best lineup), and the team continues to struggle there’s no reason to panic. The Rangers aren’t getting blown out of the water in these losses, they’re simply not finishing, running with bad puck luck,

* The New York Rangers might have a disappointing 1-3 record to start the year, but this loss and the loss to the Avalanche were somewhat unfortunate. In both contests the Rangers generated possession, scoring chances, and raw offense and just couldn’t finish. I know people don’t like to

* You had to know something crazy was coming in terms of the lineup. Anytime Alain Vigneault admits to the media he’s “mulling something over” you know it’s going to be a special bend of crazy that we won’t figure out until the last minute. Sunday night was

This is going to be something of a quick hits article today since I missed everything from 2-1 in the first until 14 minutes left in the third. * Before we all go into a tizzy about Henrik Lundqvist and him being a failure, here’s a quick note to show

* Sometimes it just isn’t your night. You can say the Rangers were sloppy. You can say they were disjointed. You could easily say they’re going to need some time to find chemistry with one another. I think all of that factored into why they lost the game Thursday