I wasnt "down" when losing to the Bees, hey they scored 4 goals and were even mounting a miraculous comeback. What was very upsetting was Zbad's injury. God I pray its not a concussion as some have mentioned.
Spot on. We all KNOW, goaltending and defensive play go hand in hand. When a goaltender doesn't TRUST his players surrounding him to clear the crease, get loose pucks, defend open players........then said goaltender has to react and position himself differently. Maybe anticipate what "may happen" as opposed to what he should be concentrating on. Hank has NEVER blamed anyone for anything, but he has implied that he has had to make adjustments........read between the lines. Just saying.
And larger every game. Getting better? I would think with regular minutes and steady wingers, he just might be even better.
And larger every game. Getting better? I would think with regular minutes and steady wingers, he just might be even better.
Not sure about you guys, but I value most of what Valiquette says. He isnt some pawn being told what to say. He KNOWS what he is talking about and has been on the Strome bandwagon for some time now.
When that trade was made, ridding ourselves of Spooner......it was more of "happy he is gone" as opposed to what we received in Ryan. He seized the glorious opportunity, while gettiing the hell out of hockey hell.
At best, most people thought it was just a change of scenery thing and what did we have to lose? Correct. But if anyone here actually thought for one minute that we would be getting what we have been from Ryan, then they would be lying. I dont get all the hate for him, we should be THRILLED! He keeps playing like he has, he will be getting a "nice payday" next year, with or withoutvthe Rangers, but worse case for everyone is he is traded at deadline and we "coupe" yet another pick or prospect. Its a win, win, win. Okay, my laundry list.
Not speedy? Check.
Not flashy? Double Check
Not a good FO guy? Wrong
Not a good ice awareness player? Wrong
Not a good passer? Wrong.
Not a battler? Wrong.
Not a team player? Wrong
Not good in the LR? Wrong
Selfish? Wrong.
Problem is most here wanna see all the kids play over him, and thing is he is still only 26.......so yeah, lets disperse of him he is useless.
I personally think he is great for this team, already a vet, older but not old and in a perfect world (which it is not) he becomes the BEST 4th line center in the NHL....... when Lias or Howden demand that "up for grabs" 3C, in which we are assuming that Filip IS...... that 2C.
And if they don't, Ryan is actually not such a bad fallback at 3C. IMHO.
I always did. Stemmer, Tkaczuk and Irvine a very hard working line, complimenting the GAG line.
He should be thinking:
And larger every game. Getting better? I would think with regular minutes and steady wingers, he just might be even better.
Not sure about you guys, but I value most of what Valiquette says. He isnt some pawn being told what to say. He KNOWS what he is talking about and has been on the Strome bandwagon for some time now.
When that trade was made, ridding ourselves of Spooner......it was more of "happy he is gone" as opposed to what we received in Ryan. He seized the glorious opportunity, while gettiing the hell out of hockey hell.
At best, most people thought it was just a change of scenery thing and what did we have to lose? Correct. But if anyone here actually thought for one minute that we would be getting what we have been from Ryan, then they would be lying. I dont get all the hate for him, we should be THRILLED! He keeps playing like he has, he will be getting a "nice payday" next year, with or withoutvthe Rangers, but worse case for everyone is he is traded at deadline and we "coupe" yet another pick or prospect. Its a win, win, win. Okay, my laundry list.
Not speedy? Check.
Not flashy? Double Check
Not a good FO guy? Wrong
Not a good ice awareness player? Wrong
Not a good passer? Wrong.
Not a battler? Wrong.
Not a team player? Wrong
Not good in the LR? Wrong
Selfish? Wrong.
Problem is most here wanna see all the kids play over him, and thing is he is still only 26.......so yeah, lets disperse of him he is useless.
I personally think he is great for this team, already a vet, older but not old and in a perfect world (which it is not) he becomes the BEST 4th line center in the NHL....... when Lias or Howden demand that "up for grabs" 3C, in which we are assuming that Filip IS...... that 2C.
And if they don't, Ryan is actually not such a bad fallback at 3C. IMHO.
Not going to get into whether or not it is a coincidence, but I will say that there is simply no way that they can scratch Hajek or Lindgren right now.
Not singling anybody out but there’s a reason I never post line combinations. Over the course of a season, everyone will have spent time with all the players at different times. I haven’t had any problems with Quinn’s line combinations because he’s learning how different pairs play together and what the different pros and cons for each combination are.
