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Rangers’ response to coach’s frustration could define season

There is certainly going to be some fallout from this radioactive explosion on the part of Rangers coach David Quinn coming Sunday night in Columbus. It was a defining moment of Quinn’s early tenure behind the Blueshirts bench, just over the halfway mark of Year 1.

During his scathing diatribe following the 7-5 loss to the Blue Jackets, Quinn called his team’s effort “just ridiculous” and “a freaking joke.” But now, where does that leave things as the bye week beckons starting Jan. 20, the trade deadline approaches Feb. 25, and months of Rangers hockey await a possible turn into a toxic environment of losing?