An Open Letter to the New York Rangers Organization

It is well known that we have serious problems in our organization. The 10-2 loss to Dallas last night pretty much put a stamp on the envelope. Most people will start by blaming Tom Renney who was quoted as saying that there is no difference between a 10-2 loss and a 3-2 loss, a loss is a loss.

On one hand I agree with him, an off night...fluke goals...that is not the case here. Even if we tripled our average two or three goals per game (on a good night), we would have still lost. If we doubled it, we wouldn't have even been competing with them. A huge loss like that will usually put blame on the coach, but i believe it represents the people above him and the people below him.

Glen Sather...Suck It.

You're old, retire with whatever dignity you still have, before things get worse.

There was something I noticed about the Rangers while I was on vacation. I watched the games on my computer and witnessed two losses in row.

Montreal and Buffalo (OT).

I thought long and hard about the NYR and realized there is something different between our team and most NHL teams, CHEMISTRY. They have it we lack it. However, what we have is a group of youngsters that are looking awesome coming out of Hartford.

They play with what resembles team chemistry. Dubi is our best center who is just having trouble getting the puck in the net. My solution would be more PT. Move him from 3rd line to top two. He has the size and grit to back it up. Renney recently has moved him to the wing, which is also a good idea and it gives him less pressure to create and more chances of scoring.

Callahan is the only player (with the exception of Sjostrom) who goes out there every night giving three periods and 100 percent. He can hit tooo! I noticed that there was something special about Korpikoski during 2008 playoffs. We all remember when he forced OT against Pitt. Plus he has the size of a Forward that we need.

I ran into Dawes at a knick game few weeks ago, seemed like a complete asshole but regardless him, Staal and Girardi all show promise.

My point:

Let the youngsters play. They deserve more PT and therefore will create more scoring chances. Keep in mind that was a month ago. They went on to win the next three games against Ottawa, NY Islanders, and Chicago.

Korpikoski had goal and an assist against Ottawa. In NY against the Islanders, Dawes scored the game winning goal off Ryan Callahan's great assist, when he faked a shot and set up Dawes in the slot. And in Chicago, Dubi scored his seventh goal of the season off a gorgeous Korpikoski feed.

Let the boys play.

Scrambling with the lines is not our biggest problem so while we're at it here's something I would like to see:

Naslund-Gomez-Callahan
Dubinsky-Drury-Zherdev
Dawes-Korpikoski-Sjostrom
Prucha-Betts-Orr

Or

Naslund-Drury-Callahan
Sjostrom-Dubinsky-Zherdev
Dawes-Gomez-Korpikoski
Prucha-Betts-Orr

The bolded being the pairs that should continue to play on those respective lines. Basically it all comes down to whether or not Gomez decides to play well.

Similar to how Renney held a 30-minutes of hell "discipline" practice, I believe playing time based on their performance, not on their salary.

Another thing, Voros—you're out. The only room we have for you is Prucha's spot on the 4th line, and that's only because you're huge.

And if Avery does come back to the NYR, the lines SHOULD look something like this:

Naslund-Drury-Callahan
Avery-Dubinsky-Zherdev
Dawes-Gomez-Korpikoski
Sjostrom-Betts-Orr