Broken Rangers must waste no time for change after Philadelphia fallout

· New York Post

PHILADELPHIA — In a matter of weeks, the Rangers have become the Giants and Jets.

The season has devolved into dysfunction marked by a fifth straight regulation defeat that matches the club’s longest stretch of futility since the tumultuous final week of the 2020-21 season — during which president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton were fired days ahead of the dismissal of head coach David Quinn.

Now GM Chris Drury and head coach Peter Laviolette have the responsibility of fixing what has become a broken unit. It is still November, the Rangers still have a winning record of 12-9-1, but there is no time to waste for either of these gentlemen, and there is no time to waste for a cast of characters in the room who appear to have lost their will.

Igor Shesterkin (31), Adam Fox (23) and Ryan Lindgren (55) of the New York Rangers react to a shot on goal by Joel Farabee (86) of the Philadelphia Flyers on November 29, 2024. NHLI via Getty Images

The empty-net-abetted 3-1 final here in going down to the Flyers on Friday afternoon flatters the squad. The Rangers were run out of the rink by a pedestrian opponent in the first period. They did not get their first shot until the 11:11 mark, by which time they were down 2-0 at the 4:14 mark on a pair of goals 1:10 apart.