2-8-0 in the Last 10 Games, What's Going Wrong?

Frustration is rightfully mounting, as the New York Rangers simply cannot stop piling up losses.

Falling to the worst team in the NHL, the Blackhawks, 2-1 Monday night at Madison Square Garden, the Blueshirts hit an all-time new low in a season. Unfortunately for them, a lack of physicality, drive and cohesion has constantly hindered the Rangers' competitiveness on the ice. Not to mention they've also been victim to self-inflicted mistakes in a continuous manner.

But what exactly is going wrong? Head coach Peter Laviolette said postgame on Monday that whatever is going wrong, it is obviously unacceptable.

“ could be fatigue, could be mental, could be anything. Regardless, it’s unacceptable. We’ve got to be better than that," said Laviolette. "You’re not going to win hockey games if you can’t execute. We haven’t talked about that much, but tonight, execution was clearly won with the puck. We couldn’t make five-foot passes or connect on a 20-foot pass or coming out of D-zone coverage or in the offensive zone, just couldn’t connect on our plays.”

When we take a look at the statistics over the last 10 games, the Rangers have a 2-8-0 record featuring an average of 2.50 goals scored per game. The goals against average in this same span is 4.0, including a goal differential of -15 and shot difference of -28.

The Rangers haven’t endured a 2-8 record in a 10-game stretch since the middle of the 2009-10 season. In other words, they haven't been this bad in over a decade.

And fans have reacted accordingly. The Blueshirts were quite literally booed off the ice last night in their very own Madison Square Garden.

"It's frustrating, so I get it. And deservedly so," Laviolette said of the loud booing heard at the final horn. "When your pace should be at a high level and your execution should be at a high level, I get it. It's frustration"

And Laviolette really is a good coach. I personally feel that General Manager and President Chris Drury is more to blame. Leaking Trouba's trade memo and essentially implying the Rangers' were open for business wasn't exactly ideal.

But going back to Laviolette — while he isn't the main problem — he said he "gets it" in regards to the frustrated.

But "getting it" isn't going to cut it. Whether it's cutting core players, calling younger players up from Hartford or simply rebuilding, time is of the essence to make changes.