The Rangers' season was a disappointment, especially after last year’s team made the playoffs with Scott Gomez at the helm offensively.
With Marian Gaborik at the helm this year, they were supposed to be better, not worse.
There is plenty of blame being thrown around. Most fans have directed their venom at general manager Glen Sather or head coach John Tortorella.
Tortorella is passing the blame on to Gaborik and the rest of his top players.
“Gabby is a legitimate star, but I don’t like the way he plays in big games,” Tortorella said . “I expect his line to play better in big games. We had zero top guys show up.
“That’s what makes my stomach turn today, 48 hours later, is that we had zero top guys show up to play. We had a [gutsy] game in our building vs. Philly [Friday's 4-3 victory] and we had zero top guys show up in Philly, which is despicable.”
Gaborik injured himself during the Winter Olympics and came back very slowly. Still, he managed to score 17 points—seven goals and 10 assists—in 18 games since the break. Also, during the Rangers' 7-1-2 str ...
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John Tortorella Is an Ass: Marian Gaborik Not To Blame for Rangers’ Problems
April 14th, 2010 by Broadway Hockey Daily Leave a reply »
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