It’s Time to Break Up the Kid Line

Photo by Joshua Sarner/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe New York Rangers’ frustrating season continues, even in the wake of a 2-1 road win against the San Jose Sharks Saturday night. In a close representation of their season as a whole, the Rangers outshot the Sharks 43-23 but struggled to score and thus made their path to victory much more difficult than it should have been.

There are plenty of reasons for the Rangers’ lack of scoring. Bad luck in spite of a solid underlying process is probably the biggest thing. There might also be something to the specific types of chances they create, and how they allow opposing goaltenders to get settled in with with too many low-danger shots. But…