{"id":538145,"date":"2023-01-10T05:35:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T02:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rangers-must-continue-to-build-on-first-half-turnaround\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T05:35:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T02:35:54","slug":"rangers-must-continue-to-build-on-first-half-turnaround","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rangers-must-continue-to-build-on-first-half-turnaround\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rangers must continue to build on first-half turnaround"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fcc52f37cd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fcc52f37cd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rangers-must-continue-to-build-on-first-half-turnaround\/#%E2%80%9CRangers_must_continue_to_build_on_first-half_turnaround%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Rangers must continue to build on first-half turnaround&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRangers_must_continue_to_build_on_first-half_turnaround%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Rangers must continue to build on first-half turnaround&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The Rangers have come a long way since their 11-10-5 start, but the challenge now, as they enter the second half of the season, will be to make sure that their efforts to turn it all around aren\u2019t wasted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, after largely underperforming through October and November, the Blueshirts find themselves in the No. 1 wild-card spot in the East and five points ahead of the Penguins. Entering Monday, they\u2019re just one point behind the third-place Capitals, two points behind the second-place Devils and six points behind the division-leading Hurricanes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Division is quite literally anybody\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> and the Rangers cannot take their current positioning for granted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy, the first part,\u201d head coach Gerard Gallant said when asked what his biggest takeaway from the first half of the season was after practice Monday at MSG Training Center. \u201cWe battled, and we played some good hockey games. I guess when you look at the big picture, it was far from perfect. But at the end of the day, after 41 games, I will take where we\u2019re at right now. I think we pissed away maybe two or three games that we should have won, and in saying that, I thought we\u2019ve played really well lately and we\u2019re trending the right way and that\u2019s what I like about our group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could\u2019ve been in a worse position than we are, but we battled hard and the last 15 games I think we\u2019ve got a pretty good record. We\u2019re finding ourselves. We\u2019ve won some big games on the road, got to get a better home record, but I think we\u2019ve played outstanding hockey on the road for the most part. It\u2019s tough, you look at our division every day and there\u2019s good teams there, a lot of talent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/barclay-goodrow-rangers-second-half.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York Rangers center Barclay Goodrow (21) celebrates his goal \" class=\"wp-image-25301730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/barclay-goodrow-rangers-second-half.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/barclay-goodrow-rangers-second-half.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/barclay-goodrow-rangers-second-half.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Barclay Goodrow and the Rangers have found their stride in recent weeks, rising up a tight Metro division.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin for the NY POST Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Rangers seem to benefit from setting short-term goals for themselves, which they did when they put their minds toward finishing the final stretch before the holiday break strong. The new objective should be to sit among the top three teams in the Metro come the All-Star break, which will begin after the Jan. 27 matchup with the Golden Knights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of the eight games they\u2019ll compete in over that stretch, five will be against teams currently in the top three spots of their respective divisions. With contests against the Central Division-leading Stars, the No. 1 team in the NHL in the Bruins and the Maple Leafs in Toronto, it\u2019s arguably one of the toughest spans of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It all begins with a three-game homestand, which commences Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden against former Ranger Ryan Reaves and the Wild.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH2091464315&amp;light=true%20\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think when we\u2019re competing, when we\u2019re playing the way that we know we\u2019re capable of playing with all 20 guys on the same page, we\u2019ve beaten some really good teams, some of the best teams in the league,\u201d Barclay Goodrow said. \u201cAnd then, when we\u2019re not doing that, we\u2019ve lost to some of the worst teams in the league. The proof is there that when we do those things and we do the little things, when we\u2019re all on the same page, we\u2019re a really good team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the last six weeks-ish, we\u2019ve kind of put it together and made up for the poor start we had.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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