At some point, and if you are considered an offense-minded player with an assignment in the top six, it becomes about production.
Getty ImagesThe Rangers for years have been notorious for eschewing meat-and-potatoes, straight-line, drive-to-the-net hockey in the offensive zone. Maybe it started with Mats Zuccarello and Derick Brassard looking to make sweet music by going east-west rather than taking the most direct route. This approach became contagious through a team whose analytics were horrendous because of it.
A year ago, the Rangers ranked next-to-last in the league with 49.33 attempts per 60:00 at five-on-five. They were 30th with 27.34 shots per 60:00. Over the three years prior to this, the team ranked 27th in attempts per 60:00 and 25th in shots per 60:00. The message relayed to the team on a consistent basis is the one that Bill Chadwick repeatedly delivered to Barry Beck, though indirectly from the television booth when The Big Whistle teamed with Jim Gordon: “Shoot the puck, Barry.”
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