Jay Greenberg at the New York Post says similar to the Rangers past reliance on Jaromir Jagr, they now will go as Marian Gaborik goes..."After missing 104 games over the past three seasons, and two already in this one, there also should be anxiety over his mental health. He is pretty good, but he has never sustained great, and once a schedule so far light on divisional foes sees more Devils and Flyers, space will become more at a premium.
That's not so much because the Rangers don't have a classic No. 1 playmaking center, because Gaborik can make his own shot, but they don't really have another forward, on his line or others, commanding opposition attention."
...Greenberg's got a point here as the secondary scoring for the Rangers hasn't materialized. If teams with solid checking lines are able to shut down Gaborik (see Jay Pandolpho vs. Jagr) you have to be concerned about who is going to step-up because we haven't seen that person yet.
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Ugh. You can't win. Media cries and cries for a marquee all-star forward and it's just not good enough.
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