re this year s biggest and worst opinion in article apr is morgan com scairns fsg com writes messier is a joke this year bad back not withstanding his play is the reason the rangers will be on the golf course in a couple of weeks gartner is my choice the guy works his butt off every game kovalev no surprise he s played adequately but as bad defensively kovalev is too talented a player to play for roger nielson roger needs players who can t think for themselves and can only skate in straight lines up and down the ice dudley and nielson are the only two coaches bad enough in the league to take talents like mogilny and kovalev and not know how to turn them into bure and selanne as was predicted in preseason perhaps he ll pull an alex mogilny in a couple of years and surprise us then zubov wasn t expected to make it out of the minors this season and owing to the number of injuries has proved to be a very pleasant surprise get muckler as coach and kovalev will look like mogilny the trouble with the rangers is that neil smith went out and got players like messier kovalev and graves who have been schooled in taking the game to their opponent and attacking while hiring coaches who are interested in rope a dope strategies if you want the roger nielsons of the world to be your coach you don t go out and get a mark messier who is an old dog who can t learn new tricks from a known loser and you don t waste your draft picks on players like kovalev gerald gerald
