"They say that if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. The way they played on Wednesday night, the Rangers couldn't make it in a beer league rink in Binghamton. Facing the Ottawa Senators at home, the worst team in the Eastern Conference took its fifth straight loss, its eighth defeat of its last nine, and its second utter humiliation in its last three outings."
"If you were lucky enough not to catch the game, here's what happened: Ottawa scored, and then they scored, and then they scored, and then they scored, and then they took a break and all the New Yorkers booed the Rangers, and then Ottawa came back out and scored twice more. Poor old Jonathan Quick, who might be starting to worry about getting his Hall of Fame ticket canceled, got pulled after goal six,"
"New York's J.T. Miller was asked, essentially, if it's depressing to be down 4-0 in the first period of a hockey game. "No shit," he said. It's going quite badly. The Times is calling the Rangers "pathetic." The Post is saying they're "gutless." The Canadian national broadcaster, which usually does not editorialize, is describing them as "feeble." And I don't even want to know what words were used on the escalators at MSG around 8:30 p.m. last night."
New York collapsed at home against the Ottawa Senators, surrendering an early 6-0 lead by the Sens in the second period before the Rangers managed partial recovery. The loss continued a precipitous Rangers slide: five consecutive defeats, eight losses in nine games, and multiple lopsided results including a recent 10-2 defeat. Goalie Jonathan Quick was pulled after Ottawa's sixth goal, and the team produced only sporadic offense thereafter. Media and fans reacted harshly, using terms like "pathetic," "gutless," and "feeble." Ottawa, despite its own defensive vulnerabilities, capitalized and delivered another demoralizing result to New York.
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