The David Quinn criticism this season has been growing ever since the Rangers lost to the NJ Devils on October 17th. That was their second consecutive loss in a losing streak that reached five games. During that time some of the same old cries from fans started to ring aloud.
“He is too hard on the kids!”
In his first season people were pretty sold that David Quinn hated Pavel Buchnevich. From limited ice time to healthy scratches, Quinn was pretty hard on the kid. Ultimately, Buchnevich started to get what Quinn was looking for. His last healthy scratch came on January 29th and he scored 22 points in 32 games to finish the year.