Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Where's the Secondary Scoring?

Dan Rosen at NHL.com asks just that...

"That was the Rangers' biggest problem last season and it was supposed to go away with Tortorella and his aggressive forechecking system now in play. But lack of secondary scoring appears to be haunting this team once again."

John Tortorella said the forechecking, which is supposed to be a key component of his aggressive system, has been inconsistent...

"The one thing we are trying to work on is to develop more of a forechecking attitude," the coach said. "We had it at times (Tuesday) and others we didn't."

...Torts has definitely been taking hits today as his aggressive system, which worked so well earlier in the season, has seemed to fizzle.

...you have to start to wonder if this system is suited for a Rangers team filled with grinders, not snipers.

...he better figure this out fast or the fan base will turn on him in a New York minute.

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