Last nights statement did not sound like a JD sanctioned statement, but what organization would release a statement on the organizations behalf without getting one of those guys approvals? It just doesn’t work like that where the communications team can fire off anything. Everyone is allowed to lose their mind at some point and I’d be inclined to think JD did approve it in the moment. The PR backlash probably came from Dolan to label those guys negatively to say they were backtracking because I can’t see it.
I wasn’t a fan of the Rangers and JD because he seemed to be languishing much like the Flames are with a mediocre roster for awhile, while keeping Lundqvist way too long. But I have to admit now they turned the tides pretty quickly even though this team didn’t do as well this year. The team is on the right track. Dolan really really messed up with this probably due to political pressure from the league to some degree because it was way to early to get rid of Gorton. If I were a Rags fan I’d be pretty upset as there’s a small chance the new guy will be better than the old.
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