Following the 2004-05 NHL lockout, there has been one constant within the New York Rangers organization, and that's been depth. Even back in 2005-06, when Jaromir Jagr was headlining a high-powered offense, the team still had solid checking and fourth lines who were able to shut down opposing teams and show up on scoresheets every now and then.
Tom Renney took advantage of the depth and ran all four lines habitually during his tenure as coach, and although John Tortorella may be more reluctant to do so, he used nearly all of his forwards as penalty killers at some point last season.
Both coaches have had the luxury of using all 12 forwards regularly because the team has employed an abundance of strong-skating, two-way forwards over the course of the last eight years.
But since the departure of Jagr, this team has lacked talent. What followed was a series of acquisitions looking to bolster the team's attack.
Scott Gomez, Chris Drury and Markus Naslund led the attack in the first Jagr-less campaign, but they couldn't get it done. So, Sather signed Marian Gaborik. He couldn't do it on his own so Brad Richards was si ...
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Have the New York Rangers Let Their Depth Slip Away?
October 5th, 2012 by Andrew Capitelli Leave a reply »
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