6:40 PM: Mark Messier said on ESPN of the Rangers firing Gallant, “The Rangers were in a tough position because their kids weren’t ready to take on a top-six role so they had to go out and supplement their top-six forwards because they weren’t good enough and all the expectations from last year and going to the conference finals and it just didn’t work for them this year. They couldn’t get on the same page for whatever reason, the chemistry didn’t seem to be there, they never looked comfortable, to me, going into the playoffs and that is a horrible place to be as a team, trying to find your game going into the playoffs and it ultimately cost the Rangers in this years playoffs.”
6:03 PM: EJ Hradek, in speaking about the Rangers, said “when you hear people talk about it, they feel like wanted someone that could make in-game adjustments better and strategy was, they felt like it was a weak point. So I guess you gotta add somebody that can do that.” (NHL Network)
11:42 AM: Elliotte Friedman spoke about the Rangers on the 32 Thoughts podcast and said:
- “There is no doubt to me that whoever is going to be the next head coach of the New York Rangers is going to have to be somebody who can reach the likes of Panarin and Lafreniere. Someone said to me that those are the two players, and they weren’t the only ones, those are the two players that the Rangers were most concerned about after the playoffs.”
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