GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Eric Lindros is not feuding with coach Bryan Trottier, even after being benched following a costly penalty in the New York Rangers' latest loss.

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Lindros was called for penalties that led to important goals in each of the last two games as the Rangers dropped two straight and fell to 4-8-2. He was benched following his penalty Sunday night.

"You have to move on,'' Lindros said Monday. "We've got a lot of hockey left. We've plummeted, and it's time to move forward.

"Everything changes when the team's winning. This is just a silly sidebar that'll be cleared up in no time.''

Trottier talked to Lindros during practice on Monday, and the two even took part in a 3-on-3 scrimmage to wrap up the session.

"I had a very nice chat with him,'' Trottier said. "I just told him to stop pressing.''

Lindros said he has been benched before, but didn't say when. He didn't question Trottier's actions.

"He's our coach,'' he said. "He's come in, and our play hasn't made it easy on him. It's been difficult around here for a lot of people. We're all in this together.

"The coach decides who plays where, who plays with whom, how much each person plays. That's Bryan's decision.''

Trottier said Lindros came to practice with a good attitude, with no lingering effects from the benching as the team prepares to play Edmonton on Tuesday.

"Eric is a mature young man,'' Trottier said. "He can handle all kinds of situations. In one sense, he kind of took it on the chin. But to his credit, he came to play hard today and he's ready to play hard again tomorrow night. That's all you want to hear.''

Frustration has been mounting for Lindros, who only has two goals and four assists in 13 games.

"It's funny how simple everything is,'' Lindros said. "You hit the back of the net, everything changes. That's the way it goes.''

Trottier said he wanted Lindros to be more careful.

"Some of the calls are going against him and we're getting bit by it,'' Trottier said. "That's the way it goes sometimes. Don't stress out about it. Eric puts a lot on himself. It's good, but every now and then he's playing with a little too much grip.''

Lindros was suspended earlier this season after he hit Montreal's Stephane Quintal with a high-stick. He also was ejected from another game when he and Wade Belak of Toronto got tangled up behind the net.

Lindros has a team-high 37 penalty minutes and thinks he's been targeted by the league as a means of enforcing tighter rules.

"At times it feels that way,'' he said. "This is hockey, not a non-contact sport. I understand what they're trying to do, but we still have to play the game.''

And when and if they start winning, Lindros feels the atmosphere around the Rangers will improve.

"You can play some solid hockey but one incident happens and you lose and it gets compounding,'' he said. "But if you have some good moments where you put some pucks behind their goalie, things change drastically and quickly -- just as quickly as they've changed in a negative fashion.

"This is not the end of the world.''