Rangers we’re such a stacked team in the early 90s. Outside of a total choke job when they missed the playoffs in 92/93 that season was sandwiched around 2 Presidents Trophies in 91-92 & 93-94 and of course a Stanley Cup during this season here.
Great point and very little is ever talked about that. That 92-93 season is actually MESSIER’s fault! He chased out Roger Neilson who was a good coach - but they had nobody in mind to replace him. Ron Low was like the Ray Handley of the Rangers organization. No reason to give Neilson that ultimatum. Sure we got Keenan great. But for ONE year as he thought he was untouchable and GODs gift and moved on.
And Keenan helped the Rangers win the Cup. 93 season everything went wrong, including losing Leetch for the entire season along with other key injuries.
@@danski6694 yes and that’s the real reason why everyone hates Mike Keenan. They can’t stand the fact that he coached us to a Stanley Cup victory. It’s obvious that they don’t hate him because he’s a bad coach. Instead, they hate him because he’s too good. It’s the same exact reason why people hate the Yankees. If Wayne Gretzky had signed a 1-year contract extension in Edmonton in the 1988 offseason and John Vanbiesbrouck had stayed with us in the 1993 offseason, then Vanbiesbrouck would’ve won the Vezina, William M. Jennings, Hart, Lady Byng and Conn Smythe trophies and the Lester B. Pearson award, all in the 1993-94 season, while Gretzky would’ve won the Art Ross and Maurice Richard trophies both that year, as well and Keenan would’ve won the Jack Adams award that year and we would’ve had at least 119 total points that year and at most 136 and we would’ve won game 7 of that 1994 Stanley Cup Final, 7-0, instead of 3-2. This would’ve happened, if Glen Hanlon had been benched for Vanbiesbrouck in games 2, 3 and 4 of the 1984 playoffs because then that 3-0 shutout in game 2 would’ve been Vanbiesbrouck’s, we would’ve won game 3, 8-1, instead of 7-2 and we would’ve protected that 1-0 2nd intermission lead in game 4 and added an empty netter to make it 2-0 and we would’ve completely avoided heading back to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for that winner-take-all game 5, altogether. Instead, that best-of-5 Patrick Division Semifinal series would’ve already been over at that point and we would’ve lost game 1 of the Patrick Division Final in Washington, but then won each of the next 4 games of that 1st of the 3 best-of-7 series, in order to win that series in 5 games against the Capitals and we would’ve beaten the Montreal Canadiens in the Prince of Wales Conference Final in 5 games, as well, winning games 1, 2 and 5 in Madison Square Garden and 4 in Montreal, in order to make the Final, where we would’ve lost game 7, 2-1 in Edmonton, in order to give the Oilers their 1st ever Stanley Cup and the 1st of their dynasty. By doing this, we would’ve been 9-1 in Madison Square Garden that postseason, including 7-0 in the Prince of Wales Conference playoffs and we would’ve therefore, carried all of the momentum into the 1984-85 season and used it to finish with an NHL-best 126 points and Vanbiesbrouck would’ve won the Calder, Vezina, William M. Jennings, Hart and Lady Byng trophies, all in that 1984-85 season and Pierre Larouche would’ve had 53 goals and 60 assists for 113 total points and Herb Brooks would’ve won the Jack Adams award, as well and we would’ve beaten the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-1 in game 5 of that best-of-5 Patrick Division Semifinal series in Madison Square Garden and then, beaten the Islanders in 5 games in the best-of-7 Patrick Division Final, before taking a 2-0 lead in the Prince of Wales Conference Final against the Buffalo Sabres, only to lose each of the next 4 games and therefore, the series, 4-2 and Buffalo would’ve gone on to lose to Edmonton, 2-1 in game 7 of the 1985 Stanley Cup Final and perhaps, Herb would’ve added to his legacy and would’ve actually made a meaningful name for himself in the NHL, after that gold medal victory in the 1980 Olympics for Team USA over the Soviet Union and could’ve, as a result, stuck around and there would’ve been no reason to even hire Roger Neilson and because of that, we would’ve never had to hire Mike Keenan. As much as I love Keenan, I prefer Herb. We could’ve still hired Keenan as an assistant to Herb, though. Unfortunately, Hanlon not only blew that 1-0 2nd intermission lead in that 3rd period of game 4 of that 1984 Patrick Division Semifinal series, but he let in 3 more unanswered goals, right after that, as well and at least 3 of those 4 unanswered goals were his fault.
Rangers we’re such a stacked team in the early 90s. Outside of a total choke job when they missed the playoffs in 92/93 that season was sandwiched around 2 Presidents Trophies in 91-92 & 93-94 and of course a Stanley Cup during this season here.
Great point and very little is ever talked about that.
That 92-93 season is actually MESSIER’s fault!
He chased out Roger Neilson who was a good coach - but they had nobody in mind to replace him. Ron Low was like the Ray Handley of the Rangers organization. No reason to give Neilson that ultimatum.
Sure we got Keenan great. But for ONE year as he thought he was untouchable and GODs gift and moved on.
And Keenan helped the Rangers win the Cup. 93 season everything went wrong, including losing Leetch for the entire season along with other key injuries.
@@danski6694 yes and that’s the real reason why everyone hates Mike Keenan. They can’t stand the fact that he coached us to a Stanley Cup victory. It’s obvious that they don’t hate him because he’s a bad coach. Instead, they hate him because he’s too good. It’s the same exact reason why people hate the Yankees. If Wayne Gretzky had signed a 1-year contract extension in Edmonton in the 1988 offseason and John Vanbiesbrouck had stayed with us in the 1993 offseason, then Vanbiesbrouck would’ve won the Vezina, William M. Jennings, Hart, Lady Byng and Conn Smythe trophies and the Lester B. Pearson award, all in the 1993-94 season, while Gretzky would’ve won the Art Ross and Maurice Richard trophies both that year, as well and Keenan would’ve won the Jack Adams award that year and we would’ve had at least 119 total points that year and at most 136 and we would’ve won game 7 of that 1994 Stanley Cup Final, 7-0, instead of 3-2. This would’ve happened, if Glen Hanlon had been benched for Vanbiesbrouck in games 2, 3 and 4 of the 1984 playoffs because then that 3-0 shutout in game 2 would’ve been Vanbiesbrouck’s, we would’ve won game 3, 8-1, instead of 7-2 and we would’ve protected that 1-0 2nd intermission lead in game 4 and added an empty netter to make it 2-0 and we would’ve completely avoided heading back to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for that winner-take-all game 5, altogether. Instead, that best-of-5 Patrick Division Semifinal series would’ve already been over at that point and we would’ve lost game 1 of the Patrick Division Final in Washington, but then won each of the next 4 games of that 1st of the 3 best-of-7 series, in order to win that series in 5 games against the Capitals and we would’ve beaten the Montreal Canadiens in the Prince of Wales Conference Final in 5 games, as well, winning games 1, 2 and 5 in Madison Square Garden and 4 in Montreal, in order to make the Final, where we would’ve lost game 7, 2-1 in Edmonton, in order to give the Oilers their 1st ever Stanley Cup and the 1st of their dynasty. By doing this, we would’ve been 9-1 in Madison Square Garden that postseason, including 7-0 in the Prince of Wales Conference playoffs and we would’ve therefore, carried all of the momentum into the 1984-85 season and used it to finish with an NHL-best 126 points and Vanbiesbrouck would’ve won the Calder, Vezina, William M. Jennings, Hart and Lady Byng trophies, all in that 1984-85 season and Pierre Larouche would’ve had 53 goals and 60 assists for 113 total points and Herb Brooks would’ve won the Jack Adams award, as well and we would’ve beaten the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-1 in game 5 of that best-of-5 Patrick Division Semifinal series in Madison Square Garden and then, beaten the Islanders in 5 games in the best-of-7 Patrick Division Final, before taking a 2-0 lead in the Prince of Wales Conference Final against the Buffalo Sabres, only to lose each of the next 4 games and therefore, the series, 4-2 and Buffalo would’ve gone on to lose to Edmonton, 2-1 in game 7 of the 1985 Stanley Cup Final and perhaps, Herb would’ve added to his legacy and would’ve actually made a meaningful name for himself in the NHL, after that gold medal victory in the 1980 Olympics for Team USA over the Soviet Union and could’ve, as a result, stuck around and there would’ve been no reason to even hire Roger Neilson and because of that, we would’ve never had to hire Mike Keenan. As much as I love Keenan, I prefer Herb. We could’ve still hired Keenan as an assistant to Herb, though. Unfortunately, Hanlon not only blew that 1-0 2nd intermission lead in that 3rd period of game 4 of that 1984 Patrick Division Semifinal series, but he let in 3 more unanswered goals, right after that, as well and at least 3 of those 4 unanswered goals were his fault.
I was at this game.