Speculation: 2013 Offseason Thread Part VI: Buyout Season

[The Gloaming]

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[Boom Boom Geoffrion*]

Yes, highlights don't tell the whole story. I'm well aware of that.

I'm just arguing that Girardi is overrated and isn't as good defensively as most here would like to believe.

In a perfect world, he wouldn't be playing 27 minutes per game, and would be on the 2nd pairing.

But let's not pretend that he doesn't have problems with losing his man in coverage. It's a big problem when your defenseman can't cover the cross-crease pass.

I've come to a conclusion.

You don't watch Rangers games.

 

[The Gloaming]

I've come to a conclusion.

You don't watch Rangers games.

Sorry that I'm not in love with Warrior Dan Girardi.

Go search up the GDT's. I'm done here.

 

[Boom Boom Geoffrion*]

Sorry that I'm not in love with Warrior Dan Girardi.

Go search up the GDT's. I'm done here.

I'm not in love with him either. I understand he has flaws in his game, just like every other professional athlete.

I'm not foolish enough to suggest he isn't a first pairing dmen though.

GDT's are cluttered with idiotic responses, and foolish youtube highlights. Want me to listen to other people's opinions about a player, or formulate my own?

You're just one of those Girardi haters.

Still mad that he didn't step in and protect Gaborik?

 

[The Gloaming]

I'm not in love with him either. I understand he has flaws in his game, just like every other professional athlete.

I'm not foolish enough to suggest he isn't a first pairing dmen though.

GDT's are cluttered with idiotic responses, and foolish youtube highlights. Want me to listen to other people's opinions about a player, or formulate my own?

You're just one of those Girardi haters.

Still mad that he didn't step in and protect Gaborik?

Nope. Don't give one single crap about Gaborik/Carcillo.

Girardi playing about 22 minutes a game would make me a happy camper.

I didn't suggest trading him for a 4th round pick.

 

[Tawnos]

wat?

I reread this like 6 times, I still don't know what this is.

So reading comprehension is a problem then.

1. I had an opinion or a player that wasnt shared by the majority of other people, including analysts.

2. Figuring there might be something I'm missing, since I'm opinionated but not arrogant, I decided to focus on that player

3. To do so, I focused on the player to the exclusion of all else on the screen, including the puck. Iso.. As in isolating.

4. Was enlightened by what I discovered by doing so.

5. A suggestion that you do that same thing with Girardi

Okay?

 

[Kershaw]

I don't really get the Girardi hate tbh. Yeah he has that warrior stigma that overrates the traits of a hockey player, but he's performed at a high level in a top pairing role for 7 consecutive seasons. His advanced stats were really good against the best opposing forwards in the team. He's not like a Callahan who plays 2nd tier competition and struggled to maintain possession. He's always against the best players and puts up exceptional numbers.

Unlike the forwards, who are all sporting solid Corsi numbers, the Rangers defense only had a couple regular defensemen that were strong Corsi players. Part of that is because only one pair (McDonagh/Girardi) were playing positive Corsi Rel QoC (not including the injured Staal), but that's not the whole story. McDonagh and Girardi unsurprisingly are facing the toughest minutes, and play them to a little better than a standstill. That has allowed some of the weaker defenders to accumulate strong Corsi numbers (Stralman, Roman Hamrlik), or simply tread water (Del Zotto, Steve Eminger). If McDonagh and Girardi weren't taking such tough minutes, it's unlikely the other Rangers defenders would have strong Corsi numbers.

There has been one thing that hasn't changed on the Rangers, a team constantly at the top tier in goal prevention and their top pairing since 2007. Dan Girardi's been paired with various defense partners and has excelled in each role. He's played with Tyutin, Roszival, Staal and McDonagh and was part of a good shutdown pair every single season. At some point, you have to think it's more than a player just being carried by better players when he's been doing it his whole career.

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

You guys are beyond lame.. let's spend our entire day pissing about a player that has 0 chance of getting moved

On that note, I really like adding Briere on a 2 year deal. Guy can still play and gives up some top 6 talent without giving up any assets. Can trade at the deadline if he sucks

 

[Boom Boom Geoffrion*]

I don't really get the Girardi hate tbh.

The fact that you don't hate him like everyone else on our roster just shows you how delusional some people can be towards a player like Girardi.

You guys are beyond lame.. let's spend our entire day pissing about a player that has 0 chance of getting moved

It's the offseason. We're going to discuss everything.

Something we're not going to discuss though, is how Stepan isn't a second-line center in the NHL. Or how Jokinen would be our savior.

 

[Tawnos]

If we bring in Briere, we need to think of him as a skilled 3rd liner, nothing more. Otherwise, you guys will have a high likelihood of disappointment. If he turns out to be a top 6 player, great. But that can't be his target role.

 

[NYR Viper]

Yes, highlights don't tell the whole story. I'm well aware of that.

I'm just arguing that Girardi is overrated and isn't as good defensively as most here would like to believe.

In a perfect world, he wouldn't be playing 27 minutes per game, and would be on the 2nd pairing.

But let's not pretend that he doesn't have problems with losing his man in coverage. It's a big problem when your defenseman can't cover the cross-crease pass.

You are seeing what you want to see. You watch a 60 minute game and pick apart his 1 mistake in 26 minutes of ice time and neglect to see the rest of his play. EVERY DEFENSEMAN makes mistakes. Especially in the new NHL where defensemen can't do much.

 

[Kwayry]

You are seeing what you want to see. You watch a 60 minute game and pick apart his 1 mistake in 26 minutes of ice time and neglect to see the rest of his play. EVERY DEFENSEMAN makes mistakes. Especially in the new NHL where defensemen can't do much.

It has a name

Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses.[Note 1][1] People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. They also tend to interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing position

 

[The Gloaming]

So reading comprehension is a problem then.

1. I had an opinion or a player that wasnt shared by the majority of other people, including analysts.

2. Figuring there might be something I'm missing, since I'm opinionated but not arrogant, I decided to focus on that player

3. To do so, I focused on the player to the exclusion of all else on the screen, including the puck. Iso.. As in isolating.

4. Was enlightened by what I discovered by doing so.

5. A suggestion that you do that same thing with Girardi

Okay?

Cool story!

I'll make sure to remember that when hockey's back in September.

Maybe I'll be enlightened too! Then we can share stories of our enlightenment and sing Kumbaya.

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Alright. So I see that I'm alone here. Whatever. You guys go on overrating Danny G like he's some sort of defensive wizard.

 

[slipknottin]

Can't believe people are serious with interest in Briere.

A 35 year old undersized guy who hasent played a full season in 8 years?

 

[Boom Boom Geoffrion*]

Especially in the new NHL where defensemen can't do much.

So true.

 

[Kwayry]

One thing that i heard from the press conference is AV saying they have enough talent for 2 solid lines. That confirms somewhat we have been discussing here.
Stepan, Nash, Hagelin, Callahan, Brass, Zuke are locks.
Kreider will get every opportunity to succeed.
That's 7 players.
Leaves 2 out of top 9, question mark about Clowe in that 3LW and the 3C, which would be Richards spot.
So those 2 decisions have been made, is how I read that.

 

[Boom Boom Geoffrion*]

Can't believe people are serious with interest in Briere.

A 35 year old undersized guy who hasent played a full season in 8 years?

Not a fan of Briere. But he'll out produce every available UFA for roughly the same cap hit. And with less games played.

When it comes to "offense", Briere is a force. Even at 35.

I'll take a 1 or 2 year flyer on him for no more than 3m...

 

[The Gloaming]

One thing that i heard from the press conference is AV saying they have enough talent for 2 solid lines. That confirms somewhat we have been discussing here.
Stepan, Nash, Hagelin, Callahan, Brass, Zuke are locks.
Kreider will get every opportunity to succeed.
That's 7 players.
Leaves 2 out of top 9, question mark about Clowe in that 3LW and the 3C, which would be Richards spot.
So those 2 decisions have been made, is how I read that.

No way can we Clowe and Richards on the third line. Overpriced third line. I'd like them to buyout Richards this summer, and not to overpay for Clowe/Clarktard/Bickell.

 

[Kwayry]

No way can we Clowe and Richards on the third line. Overpriced third line. I'd like them to buyout Richards this summer, and not to overpay for Clowe/Clarktard/Bickell.

That's my point, I think Clowe and Richards are out based on what AV said.

 

[slipknottin]

Not a fan of Briere. But he'll out produce every available UFA for roughly the same cap hit. And with less games played.

When it comes to "offense", Briere is a force. Even at 35.

I'll take a 1 or 2 year flyer on him for no more than 3m...

I would bet it's more likely he misses half the season and puts up 20 points

 

[The Gloaming]

That's my point, I think Clowe and Richards are out based on what AV said.

I sure hope so. Clowe is a contract disaster waiting to happen. And we should thank the heavens that we can use a compliance buyout on Richards this summer, while he's healthy.

 

[Boom Boom Geoffrion*]

I would bet it's more likely he misses half the season and puts up 20 points

I'll take that bet.

Where in CT are ya?

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

The fact that you don't hate him like everyone else on our roster just shows you how delusional some people can be towards a player like Girardi.



It's the offseason. We're going to discuss everything.

Something we're not going to discuss though, is how Stepan isn't a second-line center in the NHL. Or how Jokinen would be our savior.

You're obviously looking to pick fights today, which is fine.

And all my points were valid. Jokinen proved to be an excellent pickup for Pitt and Stepan had been playing terrible hockey for a very long time and went on to put up a whopping 5 points in 12 playoff games as our 1C along with his buddy Nash

If we bring in Briere, we need to think of him as a skilled 3rd liner, nothing more. Otherwise, you guys will have a high likelihood of disappointment. If he turns out to be a top 6 player, great. But that can't be his target role.

I think if you bring in Briere you have to slot him on the 2nd line. If he can't hack it that's fine, but I think bringing him in to play with Pyatt/Boyle/Dorsett etc. is a mistake

 

[nyranger61494]

You're obviously looking to pick fights today, which is fine.

And all my points were valid. Jokinen proved to be an excellent pickup for Pitt and Stepan had been playing terrible hockey for a very long time and went on to put up a whopping 5 points in 12 playoff games as our 1C along with his buddy Nash

Stepan was the Rangers best skater this season wire to wire IMO. I don't think he was horrible for "a very long time". Jokinen was a healthy scratch in many postseason games and scored 0 playoff goals. Stepan had 2 GWG's in the Caps series. Stepan had his struggles in the playoffs but had his moments, too. Can't say the same for Jokinen.

 

[slipknottin]

I'll take that bet.

Where in CT are ya?

Live in new britain. Work in Middletown or Hartford (depending on the week)