THE NEW YEAR IS HERE..THE RANGERS STILL CANNOT SCORE GOALS.

It is a very enigmatic team. There are many forwards who cannot make good decisions from the hash marks in. The Rangers scoring issues are very easy to solve. The team needs to reckognize that forwards such as Avery..Callahan..Drury...Lisin..Voros..Christiansen...Boyle..do not have the brains nor the patience to make a scoring play from the hash marks in. These players show me time and time again that they are not capable to make a delayed pass or shoot the puck with instinct on goal. Phil Esposito said that when he would have trouble scoring a goal from time to time he would get himself out of the slumps by firing the puck right at the goalie. Rangers forwards mentioned in this post pick a corner . High or low. That is sheer stupidity when you are in a slump. When you find yourself in a two on two or two on one within the hash marks, you have to hit the goalies pads to create a rebound for your teammate. Do not slam the puck at the goalie full speed. Just hit him low in the pads. Chances are the rebound will end up in front with the goalie scrambling. Come on Rangers. This is not hard to remember in the heat of battle for an NHL player. It isn't hard for any hockey player at your level. It takes patience and heart and soul. It requires the forwards to really play for each other as a team. It is so pathetic to watch all the Ranger line combos come up with 3 strangers playing on a line together. Come on. this only shows how little the Ranger forwards care about the team. It has to be changed. Tortorella was very telling a few weeks ago when the Rangers were in Florida when he stated that he HOPED the players would get together in between games down there. He HOPED??? What does that say about the teammates on this Ranger squad. If you can't find a way to bond in the NHL. And Captain Drury hasn't figured out or is not respected enough to have a say in this matter, he should go. It all ties in. A team that hangs together looks better on the ice.