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The Stumbling New York Rangers

03/05/2017 at 7:18am EST

from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

If the past three weeks represent what we’re going to get from the Rangers the rest of the season, then it will be crossover-and-out in the first round of the playoffs.

Because neither the effort nor execution has been anywhere near good enough over this stretch of nine games, through which the Blueshirts have been limited to two goals or fewer eight times in going 4-4-1 while being outscored 25-17....

Coach Alain Vigneault was fuming following the club’s fourth straight loss at home (0-3-1), the last three of which came in regulation to Columbus, Washington and Montreal by an aggregate 15-6. Henrik Lundqvist, very good early, but later victimized on a pair of softies, talked about will. Derek Stepan, who turned in another unacceptable performance in going through his 20th straight game without a goal, talked about getting back to work.

If there is more will, maybe the Rangers will find the way to create an attack and spend some time in the offensive end of the ice, but this horses-for-courses team has been forced onto a muddy track, their signature time-and-space game eliminated by opponents who seem to have it all figured out.

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