*Jagr will continue to play with the foot injuries that have limited him for 21/2weeks but have yet to knock him out of a game. Jagr feared that he had broken his right foot when hit by a shot during the Rangers’ game at Toronto Dec.29. Last week an X-ray revealed that there was no break, just a severe bone bruise.

“But it didn’t really matter – I was going to play anyway,” he said. “I have to play. There was nobody else – Marty (Straka) was out, Shanny was out and Sean was out.”*

That’s gutty from Jagr; he’s still showing some captain-y qualities.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/rangers/2008/01/16/2008-01-16_help_afoot_for_jaromir_jagr_rangers.html

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Actually, you’re right. What should really happen is Renney should drink more OJ before getting down on his knees for Jagr in order to maximize saliva production and to make “Jagr’s psyche” feel a little better. Good call, lets keep jerking the crybaby off and hope and pray he decides to play hard for us again. F### THAT, I’m so disgusted with that mentality. That’s exactly why this organization, thi soriginal six team, is the laughing stock of the NHL

And if anyone thinks the Rangers organization is going to humiliate Jagr by stripping him of the “C,” you’re mistaken. And if you think there’s any way a psyche like his would respond favorably to that, you’re further mistaken.

The Rangers need to make one single change and then see what happens. It will make or break their team, season and playoff potential: they need to play at full intensity for an entire 60 minutes. That’s it.

I still like my substantial changes…

I don’t consider any of those minor adjustments to substantial changes. It’s the same mixing and matching that has been going on since October. I want to see franchise players benched full periods/full games for bullshit playing. That’s the most basic form of motivation since the inception of the sport and Renney is terrified to do it to certain players. Benching Malik, Hossa, Callahan…are you seriously claiming these are substantial coaching tactics? I want see Jagr stripped of the C at the very least to send a message to the other players that you have to work hard to be a leader Beyond that, I want Jagr scratched/benched, and given the clear message that if he wants to stay here, he needs to be tapping into his 3rd and 4th reserve tanks right now. Drury, should never have an A on his uniform that doesn’t come between ‘R’ and ‘N’, again, what message is this sending to the rest of your players? I want to see Drury playing on the 4th line for a couple of games. You want to be Mr. Defensive forward guy and get a free pass for not putting points on the card? Fine, then play on the line that does that and start working on that pathetic -12.

How are those moves? I think they are pretty basic things to try. At the very least you send th emessage that you are not complacent with the lack of production from 2 of your $7M+ men.

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-The locker room is strongly rumored to be ‘divided’. I’m not going to explain it because I think you know exactly what I mean. If there is even a kernel of truth to that, Renney is failing at his job. It’s up to HIM ALONE to get his players on the same page at the very least, it’s not up to the players to be playing Lord of the Flies in the locker room, that is utter fucking bullshit and Renney should be shitcanned on the spot if there’s any truth to that.