There are certainly enough games left in the season for the Rangers to turn it around and make the playoffs.
If they can improve in goal, there are no excuses to justify a poor performance by the team. As is, there shouldn't be any excuses with a team with that payroll and talent, however, they could get away will blaming weak goaltending.
Sort of off topic - Bure is a write off for the season, is his career finished or what? I miss the Russian Rocket. Man, if only he and Mogilny were still with Vancouver, they'd be more than a single line team.