Suffice it to say, there has been a little contention on social media when we state that the Rangers have been significantly better recently. The message has been the Rangers have been better defensively, on the forecheck, and in controlling offense. They aren’t great, but they are around league average since December and over the last 25 games.
Yet with better process we haven’t necessarily seen results. The Rangers are a .500 team in their last 25 games, so the better process hasn’t translated to more wins. While better process –executing the system better, getting more scoring chances for and limiting chances against– is a predictor of future success, there’s more to it than just the process and the numbers.