Rangers view losing skid as necessary part of season: ‘Not the worst thing’
WASHINGTON The Rangers hope they will be a better team for having experienced this rough patch, over which the club has gone 1-3-1 in their last five games while getting outscored 22-13.
Gearing up for a matinee home-and-home series against the Capitals this weekend, the Blueshirts are trying to see the positives in their longest losing streak of the season and refraining from hitting the panic button.
Sitting in first place in the Metropolitan Division certainly helps, but head coach Peter Laviolette and his team see this stretch as not only something they can learn from but also a necessary hardship for the club to work through on their pursuit of the Stanley Cup.
I think its always good for a team to face some adversity, Laviolette said after the Rangers suffered their 14th loss of the season, a 5-2 defeat at the hands of the Blues. Mika Zibanejad going out and different things that happen. Its not always going your way. I think thats not a bad thing for a team to go through, to have to fight to figure it out, to work to get things back on track.
3Jordan Kyrou (25) celebrates after scoring one of his two first-period goals during the Rangers loss Thursday. Getty ImagesTheres some positive. Theres certainly a lot of positive things Thursday night from our guys. They fought the entire night to win. Theres things that well continue to work on, but a little adversity in the middle of the year, thats not the worst thing.
The long-term losses of Filip Chytil and Kaapo Kakko are finally starting to catch up with the Rangers, who currently have two AHL call-ups in the lineup in Jonny Brodzinski and Jake Leschyshyn.
Tyler Pitlick is also week-to-week with a lower-body injury, which has forced the club to dip deep into its depth pool.
At full strength earlier this season, the Rangers were defensively sound.
They were menaces in the neutral zone, turning strong defense into offense and causing turnovers in all areas of the ice.
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Check out more newslettersIn the last month or so, however, the Rangers have struggled to defend opponents transition game.
Their neutral zone play hasnt been nearly as effective as it once was, and the opposition are the ones causing the Rangers to turn the puck over and making them pay for it.
Kakko, in particular, is one of the more defensively responsible forwards on the team.
His absence has been felt, especially in the bottom six.
I think were giving up a little bit too much quality, Rangers captain Jacob Trouba said Thursday night. Were also getting a lot of good chances and Chris Kreider hitting two posts on the power play. Theres a lot of moments that we had great looks, Alexis Lafrenieres early. Its just not going in right now for us. Some of them are going in for them.
3Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba said that “no ones feeling bad for ourselves.” NHLI via Getty ImagesNo ones feeling bad for ourselves. Its hockey, those things happen. Youre going to go through that throughout the course of a season. Its a long year and I think you kind of learn a little bit about your teammates, the group, the kind of team we are, when you go through things like this.
Not that its a good thing, but you want to deal with some adversity and figure out who we are and how were going to get through it.
Injuries are a part of every teams season.
Its how teams manage to stay afloat, until reinforcements come, that counts.
3Adam Fox and the Rangers have lost to the Canucks, Canadiens and Blues during their recent losing streak. NHLI via Getty ImagesThis is when team belief comes into effect, and the Rangers certainly have faith.
Its very high, Vincent Trocheck said of his confidence in the Rangers ability to get back on track. I know what this team is capable of. Weve seen it, weve proven to ourselves what were capable of game in and game out. Its just some adversity that were going to have to get through and hopefully this is something we look back on saying this was a positive.
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