Stop me if you’ve heard this before. The Rangers are bad. Like, really bad. They are actually historically bad from a puck possession stand point as well.
Current NYR team ranks of the 393 teams since 2007 (5v5, adjusted).
Corsi For %: 392
CF & CA per 60: 364/393
Expected Goals For %: 392
xGF & xGA per 60: 271/393We're talking 14-15 Sabres tanking bad. The defensive structure (Ruff) and pairs (Staal/Hajek) have to change.
Suffice it to say, this is not going as planned. For the Rangers to be 2014-2015 Sabres bad when they acquired Jacob Trouba, signed Artemi Panarin, and got the second overall pick is inexcusable.