NHL Rumors: When will we look at New York Rangers general manager Chris Drury?

If the New York Rangers continue to stumble, will GM Chris Drury be in the right spot?

Daily confrontation: David Pagnotta was asked about New York Rangers GM Chris Drury and whether he should be in the right seat if things continue to go south.

** NHLRumors.com transcription

Colby Cohen: “So, so let me ask you this question, kind of pointedly. How many coaches does Chris Drury have to hire before we start looking at Chris Drury as maybe the guy who’s not doing a good enough job. And, and Gerard Gallant, Peter Laviolette, now you’ve got Mike Sullivan. He fired David Quinn, who was 10 games over .500 during a three-year rebuilding period. I think people think that forgotten. And Jeff Gorton, mind you, two guys with a lot of connections.

And you know, so at what point does Dolan go, hmm, maybe, maybe my, the top of my, my leadership is not what it should be. There has been a lot of noise, (Jacob) Trouba, (Chris) Krieder. How things were handled. Barkley Goodrow, they bypassed the system with that move with his connections to Mike Greer. Like, at what point do we have that conversation, you know, about the Rangers?

Pagnotta: “You know, there were some whispers, faint ones, but over the summer the whispers were that if Drury and company can’t right this ship, at least don’t go into it, obviously not this season, and at least don’t go into it, or, excuse me, go into next season. If there’s not a clear vision that, okay, we’re finally on the right track, then maybe Dolan might want to make something happen.

I think it’s still too early. I think they gave it to him and he’s got a good one, Drury’s got a good relationship, but I think there’s at least an understanding that, ‘Look, buddy, you’re getting close to the edge here. Move on, or I’ll just push you over.’”

Irfaan Gaffar: “I don’t think James Dolan is afraid of that either. We’ve seen how the Rangers ownership group, Knicks, clearly operates.”

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