YOU CANNOT TEACH SPEED

It is a fact. You can train a player to play defense. You may be able to improve the shooting skill. It is also possible to teach a player how to train properly. But you cannot teach speed. No way , no how. Chris Kreider is the best and fastest skater in the 2009 NHL draft. A very smart pick by Glen Sather. Kreider is an entering college freshman at Boston College. Not a shabby place to play university hockey. Sather knows at the point the Rangers were drafting, the gems were gone. So he takes the kid with the fastest legs. Kreider is young. And will not make an impact immediately. But his pedigree is a given. Nice job Rangers.

Congrats to the Penguins...Now Lets Go Rangers!

I go through this phase of the hockey off season pretty much every year as a Ranger fan . The questions of what to do with the past roster. This off season is a very different one than any since Mike Keenan,Neil Smith, Colin Campbell, and Mark Messier were around. IT IS THE FIRST OFF SEASON THAT THE NY RANGERS FACE WITH A TRUE TOP FLIGHT HEAD COACH.
The roster will be purged in my opinion. Torts will need a far more aggressive and offensive minded group of players. I predict that 50% of the roster will change. That is right 50%. It will be a fire sale on some players. Few to be honest. Because most of the pro roster is made up of patch work, career journey men type players and a few rookies that aren't indispensable by the least .
The emphasis will be on fitness and offensively slanted pro players. Not necasarily snipers. Just offensive in nature versus defensive . The Rangers coaches will be gunning for the cup. They will mold and sculpt this team into goal scoring chances that were always available, but never thought of as important under the old coaches. That alone will make a major impact.

I do not see it any other way this off season.