Right here is the message the Rangers despatched to Chris Drury all through Friday’s 3-2 defeat to the Penguins on the Backyard because the GM and the hierarchy plot their technique forward of the March 7 commerce deadline:
Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Larry David, in the home, couldn’t have been extra shocked by this negligent efficiency than head coach Peter Laviolette, who issued a sequence of curt, one-word solutions — “Unacceptable,” was the template — in a postgame information briefing that clocked in at 35 seconds.
The Penguins have been with out Sidney Crosby for the primary time since Recreation 6 of the 2022 playoffs within the aftermath of the Jacob Trouba hit the earlier contest. The Penguins have been with out Evgeni Malkin for the fifth consecutive match.