Are the Rangers Going to Be Consistent?

Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants has this quote from John Tortorella, who called last night's game probably the Rangers worst of the season...

“We’re going to have to make a decision here sooner or later, are we going to be a consistent hockey club,” he added. “I think it starts with our preparation and it goes on to being ready to play at all times. And, top to bottom, from the goaltender on out, no one played. This was a group effort tonight coming from a group effort. It’s a mindset of trying to be consistent. If we’re going to be a team that wants to be there at the end, consistency is a very important thing.”

...its funny all the things Torts seems to be criticizing the team on are actually are his responsibility. Preparation, being ready to play and effort. Take a look in the mirror Torts. Having said that, as Torts says, the entire team was awful.

Including, according to Tortorella, Henrik Lundqvist. Gross adds that Torts mentioned on three separate occasions he did not believe Henrik Lundqvist had played well.

Here's Lundqvist on being pulled...

“Valley came out, I was expecting to keep on playing,” Lundqvist said of backup Steve Valiquette. “But they made a call. That’s it.”

...Lundqvist was actually the only reason this game wasn't a blow-out earlier so not sure why Torts would go out of his way to criticize his best player numerous times.

...i do, however, agree with Lundqvist being pulled. No need to keep him in there when the team wasn't putting up any kind of effort. Get him out and ready for today's game.