Chris Drury's message to Rangers locker room backfires horribly.

The New York Rangers are a mess right now and, although it is still early, it sounds like the attempts from general manager Chris Drury to remedy the situation have had the opposite effect.

On Friday, the Rangers suffered a defeat at the hands of division rivals the Philadelphia Flyers, losing by a score of 3-1, but the game likely would have been far more lopsided if not for the heroic efforts of goaltender Igor Shesterkin. Shesterkin would have another excellent game, stopping 32 of the 34 shots he faced on his way to a solid .941 save percentage over the game, but it was all for naught with a lifeless Rangers team playing in front of him.

Rangers veteran Mika Zibanejad appeared to be at a loss when facing questions about his team's disappointing performance.

"It’s hard to explain. I don’t know what words would even justify that," Zibanejad said as per USA TODAY Sports. "Everyone wants to have a good start. Everyone wants to come out flying, but just nothing happens."

Some sources have suggested that the players in the Rangers locker room are resentful of the fact that Drury so publicly put two of the biggest names on the team, veteran forward Chris Kreider and team captain Jacob Trouba, on the trading block, and although Kreider is currently sidelined with an injury that definitely seems to be true of Trouba. Trouba was demoted to the bottom pairing during the course of yesterday's game against the Flyers and received a ton of criticism online for his performance throughout the game.

Trouba, a long time veteran of the National Hockey League, also appeared to indicate that he isn't a big fan of the tough love type of approach at this stage of his career.

"Nobody needs to announce that or scream or kick and yell," said Trouba. "As a group, as professionals, I think you know when it's not good enough. That certainly wasn't good enough as a start."

Of course none of this fixes the very real issues that the Rangers appear to be having this season and you have to wonder how long general manager Chris Drury will allow this to go on before making good on his threat to move one of the bigger names on his roster.