Things are Rotten in The Garden
October 24th, 2007 by murph
Our favorite hockey rumor site has the dirt on our least favorite team. With $50+ million in salary and only 5 points in 8 games, things are a little tense at MSG.
1) Word from our sources within the Ranger organization have told FAUXRUMORS this morning that things are NOT going particularly well with in the team locker room. Apparently superstar Jaromir Jagr is not at all happy with the way the team is being coached and how the roster was/is constructed.
2) Evidently JJ does not like the direction the team seems to be moving. Specifically away from their European dominated roster of the recent past and more towards a North American dominated roster. One may recall how well Jagr performed the first year after the lockout when the team had a very heavily Euro-laden team with JJ as its center piece. Those were very happy days for the former cap/Penguin. However things began to change last season with the addition of Shanahan, and then escalated with the bringing in of Avery, then over the summer the additions of American free agents Scott Gomez and Chris Drury
Click over to Fauxrumors for the full story.
The Dark Ranger Says
Tomorrow night at MSG, two teams, my New York Rangers and our other-than-arch-nemesis-the-Islanders, the NJ Devils are playing for the first time this season, the two worst teams in the Atlantic Division. On paper, who would ever have suspected? (that was rhetorical)
For the first time ever, I acknowledge good coaching on the Long Island side and will deny it if ever asked upon again.
The Dark Ranger
Oct 24th, 2007 at 5:52 pm