Dysfunction and Trade Talk Causing Trouble Inside the Rangers' Lockerroom
Season Four's Dave Pagnotta was on TSN Radio in Montreal and was asked about the New York Rangers' underperformance and whether some changes are possible.
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Host: “Let's talk about the New York Rangers. How can they be so ineffective in such a big plan?”
Dave Pagnotta: “When a lot of people were talking about conflict in the Vancouver room, there was conflict in the New York room as well.” And part of the reason that Jacob Trouba was treated because of that. There seems to still be a little animosity between some of the current players. Now that, coupled with the frustration of going through bad turns and the free fall of it all, I'm sorry, that frustration starts to boil over, and things get very busy in that room.
So you throw blame, you blame, you point fingers, you ignore the messages, you this, that, and other things that they put in their heads, and there is a big thing at play as to why this team is not where it should be, which is why Chris Drury is looking to make more changes beyond moving Trouba and (Kaapo) Kakko.
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They have cap space. They want to face their crime. They made it clear that certain players, like Chris Kreider, are willing to listen. Teams are calling about K'Andre Miller. There are also others that generate interest. I don't think they're going to go through a full fire auction here, but it sure looks like they still want to make some changes.
You wouldn't suspect, I mean how many training changes are you really going to make? Sometimes, you have to look at the roster, and I think that's the consensus right now for Drury and the Rangers have to adjust the lineup because obviously, you need to if you want to go back. playoff competition.”
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