Rangers Insider has just revealed that a member of the New York Rangers is reportedly unhappy with the head coach Peter Laviolette following his recent decision.![Exclusive | Rangers' Zac Jones feels like he's 'rotting away' after losing spot]()
According to a report from New York Rangers insider Larry Brooks, defenseman Zac Jones is unhappy with head coach Peter Laviolette over his latest decision to make him a healthy scratch.
Zac Jones has been a healthy scratch frequently this season with that Rangers as he has only played in 26 games out of the Rangers 36 games this season.
But now the 24-year old defenseman has had enough and makes his feelings known towards Peter Laviolette public, as it «f***ing sucks" and that he feels like he's "rotting away" on the Rangers' roster.
This type of comment has caught the attention of a lot fans former Rangers forward Kaapo Kakko was traded just one day after publicly complaining about being scratched, but when this was mentioned to Jones he just smiled and replied, "I'm not trying to pull a Kaapo here."
He smiled, and said, "I'm not trying to pull a Kaapo here.''
However, here is Laviolette's response to when he was told about Jones' frustration:
"It's okay to be frustrated. I'm perfectly fine with that. Everybody wants to play. You get to this level, everyone wants in. They want to play. And I'm okay with that"
Definitely some locker room tension, but however only time will tell what will happen following this situation, as it seems like Jones may have just gotten himself traded.
