Rumor has it this was the latest team that humiliated the Rangers.
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Ducks fly together was Coach Bombay’s slogan in The Mighty Ducks. For at least the NHL version, that’s true. These Ducks also flew together quacking the hell out of the Rangers 6-0 at The Pond. It was a game so uncompetitive that it begged the early thought, ‘What the heck is wrong with the Alain Vigneault Rangers?’

I don’t want to answer it. I’m still a bit dizzy from watching the Giants latest loss and then dazed and confused by the Rangers. Yes. Rick Nash flew back to New York to be evaluated. He’ll miss the game at St. Louis too. Whatever. What difference does it make? When you put out no effort following the Hertl humiliation, what exactly does that say? This team has been out of synch since preseason. For some reason, Vigneault insisted on keeping too many players hurting team chemistry. Now, they’re paying the price.

How do you come off a 9-2 debacle in which nerdy analysts and hypocritical Caps coach Adam Oates are taking unwarranted shots at Tomas Hertl and then respond with another listless effort? I always said the start was going to be tough due to the insane Western trip against quality opponents. But at what point does it end? Who expects this team to go into St. Louis and win? Seriously.

In three defeats, the Rangers have allowed 19 goals. Almost unthinkable for a team that played air tight defense under former coach John Tortorella. Even if you want to use the Vigneault system as an excuse like MSG does, it doesn’t fly. Not when you have the same six defensemen and almost an identical roster. These guys haven’t forgotten how to play hockey? Though by the looks of it, you’d think they were in pee wee. Right now, the AV Blueshirts resemble the Ron Low Rangers. Even the best players are screwing up. I can’t remember seeing Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi beaten so badly.

It doesn’t matter who scored the six Ducks goals. Anyone could have. Bruce Boudreau could have iced the Oreo Line, Charlie Conway, Adam Banks and Aberman. This was unacceptable. Even if Teemu Selanne got one of the six and set up another, it’s past the point of embarrassing. That isn’t a hockey team right now. Ryan Callahan said, “I expected a little more out of this group after San Jose.”

What’s left? Most disturbing is not once did a coach who took the Canucks to within an eyelash of the Stanley Cup use his timeout. And Henrik Lundqvist played the entire game. For what purpose? Probably as much as icing a roster with Derek Dorsett. I could care less if he scored a nice goal the other night. He is one dumb hockey player. The Rangers don’t need selfish players who are only about themselves. They need guys who play smart hockey. That means back checks and hustling like Mats Zuccarello and Dom Moore, who continued to compete at the end.

Right now, the Rangers are facing their first crisis. They can continue to skate like chickens without heads and return to MSG with a dreadful record. Or they can pick themselves up and stop the bleeding. The choice is theirs.