LOS ANGELES — These are dangerous days for the Rangers, who in living down to everyone’s lowest expectations of them face a critical time of reckoning halfway through this challenging four-game trip that moves from here to San Jose on Tuesday and then back down to Anaheim on Thursday.
Simply, only 11 games in but a soberingly accurate 3-7-1 depiction of their play despite a handful of good tries, the time is coming for management and the coaching staff to define what they want this season to become. No matter which road they choose to travel, it is going to be painful.