NY Times: After 2 Games, Tortorella Still Has Patience
The Rangers had seized on all his directives. They skated hard. They were aggressive. They peppered Florida goalie Craig Anderson with 41 shots. Their maddening inability to score preceded Tortorella — it is the reason he is here, the reason Tom Renney was fired — and it would not be brushed away so quickly, no matter how many things Tortorella changed.
The Record: Goal drought continues for Rangers
“I think there’s no doubt we’re playing a different game,” Markus Naslund said. “The scoreboard is not going away right now but I’m sure it will if we keep getting chances like this.”
Journal News: Garden fans vocal with another Rangers loss
Although John Tortorella was hired to turn around a flagging Rangers team, even he admits there is only so much that he can physically do with the team with a quarter of the season left to play.
Newsday: Sleepwalk continues, and Sather created the nightmare
The fresh start the franchise chose back then was hiring Glen Sather as general manager, a decision that fans at the Garden would like to rescind. Last night, they loudly sang “Fire Sather!” before they booed and headed quickly for the exits.
Newsday: Rangers can’t hold lead, fall to Panthers
One point.
After 63 games, that’s all that separates the Rangers from the postseason and the golf season.
NY Daily News: Rangers still off the mark; can’t hold lead as Panthers rally late in 3rd
The only difference between Thursday night’s game and the one before? Thursday night, the Rangers were unable to hold on until overtime to gain the loser’s point, which means the three teams behind them in the standings gained on them last night. Florida pulled even in points (70) in a tie for sixth place (the Panthers have two games in hand), while Carolina and Buffalo moved to just one point behind and the 10th-place Penguins, who play tonight, sit four back.
NY Post: SATHER’S LEFT RANGERS PUNCHLESS
New coach John Tortorella says the problem is not lack of offensive talent, but tension created by the four-month slide necessitating a change behind the bench. But if the new coach thinks Chris Drury is tense, wait until the meeting when Glen Sather – who, much to the disappointment of the chanting fans, will not be fired any time soon – explains how tight the Rangers will be this summer against the salary cap.
NY Post: RANGERS FAIL TO SEAL DEAL VS. PANTHERS
The memo proclaiming a clean slate for the Rangers apparently didn’t reach the blue seats . . . or the green ones . . . or any other color of upholstery covers and the fans filling them at the Garden last night.
NY Post: BLUESHIRTS LOOK FOR TRACTION IN FINAL PLAYOFF SPRINT
“They are a very easy team to play against and they weren’t like that at the start of the year. They aren’t hunting the puck, they aren’t playing that way at all any more. They have been the biggest disappointment in the NHL with all that talent.”
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