Peter Laviolette digs in on confidence with this Rangers roster despite struggles
NY Post
Despite the evidence increasingly suggesting otherwise, Peter Laviolette remains adamant that his Rangers already have what is needed to accomplish their goals.
“I believe the answers are in that room,” Laviolette said Tuesday afternoon after practice. “There’s things we can do better, that we have to do better in order to be successful. But the only ones to get us out of where we’re at right now are ourselves. So we have to focus on that.”
This comes one day after the Rangers were trounced, 5-1, by the rival Devils on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. It comes amid a 1-6 stretch, which included a five-game losing streak, as their season threatens to spiral out of control.
It, very notably, also comes not long after general manager Chris Drury sent a memo to the rest of the league about the Rangers being open for business and ready to listen to trade offers for many of their longtime stars, The Post’s Larry Brooks and Mollie Walker previously reported.
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