What has been a major problem for the last few seasons, seems to still be an issue now.
The Rangers powerplay, one that was put into the arguably "best in the league" discussion before this 48-game-season started, has so far failed them.
In their first game of the season, they failed to convert against the Bruins. Against Pittsburgh the next night, they failed again. And then against Boston, same story.
In Philly on Thursday night, the Rangers found themselves down by one goal with a little over 10 minutes remaining. First they get a 4 minute Powerplay due to a high stick on Michael Del Zotto, and seconds later Gaborik gets hooked and they are gifted a 5-on-3. They managed what looked like one shot - a shot taken by Nash that was gloved by Bryzgalov. A whole 4-minutes later they had nothing to show for.
Even though I failed to mention that they had scored their first goal on the Powerplay, I believe a good Powerplay unit is one that can take advantage of the other team. In the Rangers case, they failed to take advantage of the Flyers two penalties that could, and should, have cost them the game - or at least the lead.
My solution? How about this, Coach Tortorella....
Nash-Richards-Pyatt
Staal-Stepan
AND
Gaborik-Stepan-Boyle
Del Zotto-McDonaugh
Just a suggestion....
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