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New York Rangers: Should Alain Vigneault be fired?

By Garrett Gartino

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Head coach Alain Vigneault of the New York Rangers looks on from the bench against the Ottawa Senators in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on May 4, 2017 in New York City. The New York Rangers won 4-1. (Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Head coach Alain Vigneault of the New York Rangers looks on from the bench against the Ottawa Senators in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on May 4, 2017 in New York City. The New York Rangers won 4-1. (Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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John Williams – Yes

Vigneault should have been let go after the playoffs, in my opinion. Starting the season 1-5-2 didn’t really help his cause much.

Vigneault’s usual bugaboo, player deployment, has been historically bad to start this season and it is only getting worse. HIs Rangers team is almost unwatchable right now, except for the 20 minutes that the team actually shows up during a 60 minute match.

It has come to a point where I don’t even care who the replacement is. Literally anybody could make better lineup decisions than this guy has made so far this season. With that said, I’d love it if the Rangers gave Sheldon Keefe from Toronto’s AHL affiliate a call.

How strongly do I believe that Vigneault has to go? I wrote about how I want the team to lose until he is let go. While I hate seeing the team lose, it would be the best thing for them going forward if Vigneault is out of the Garden for good.

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