The
New York Rangers certainly didn’t resemble a team that entered Saturday night
riding a seven game winning streak by playing a listless game in a 4-0 loss to
the Montreal Canadiens. The Rangers were
a step behind from the opening drop of the puck as they failed to threaten
Montreal much at all. Only generating 17
shots against the injury depleted Canadiens blue line is inexcusable.
Anyone
looking to put this loss on Martin Biron is missing the point of tonight’s
game. Biron gave up a soft goal to
Gionta in the second period, but with the lack of effort by the rest of the
guys who dressed it wouldn’t have mattered.
Only
player that seemed to have jump tonight was Brandon Prust.
It
was an awful effort, but they were due for a bad game after winning seven in a
row, so do not lose sight of the good that his been done lately just because of
this one. Sometimes an awful performance
like this is the reality check that a team needs as it will get their attention
again and give Tortorella something to get back to working on. Worst part about this one is that the Rangers have three more days off before they get back at it down in Florida against the Panthers.
