Post-Game Talk: #27 - 12/5/19 | RANGERS @ blue jackets
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Official tip; If you think Ruff is more responsible for the team’s defensive performance than Quinn, think again.
I’m starting to waver on whether Quinn is the long term coaching answer. He needs to grow.
He also needs to have better players. This team is not deep at all. They remind me of the 1992-94 Philadelphia Flyers.
Thank God for outstanding goaltending.
On the Seth Jones goal, I understand Buchnevich gets beat off the wall but with Jones driving to the middle of the ice why does Howden skate right by him and start going to the blueline instead of cutting him off? What the hell was that read?
NickyLongLegz
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While you can look at this performance negatively, it's good to know Georgiev can straight up steal games like Hank. Thats always a key piece to have.
Just as other have been saying, we play way too passively I can't even tell at this point who is to blame, but I still don't know why the coach can't even try, for a couple of games without shuffling after one goal against, the obvious line combinations:
Panarin-Mika-Kakko
Kreider-Chytil-Buch
Lemmy-Strome-Fast
Whoever-Howden-smith
It is safe to say at least our possession metrics would be better if we played our better players more and players like Strome actually got third line minutes, yeah? At least the PP units were fixed.
Just as other have been saying, we play way too passively I can't even tell at this point who is to blame, but I still don't know why the coach can't even try, for a couple of games without shuffling after one goal against, the obvious line combinations:
Panarin-Mika-Kakko
Kreider-Chytil-Buch
Lemmy-Strome-Fast
Whoever-Howden-smith
It is safe to say at least our possession metrics would be better if we played our better players more and players like Strome actually got third line minutes, yeah? At least the PP units were fixed.
ReggieDunlop68
hey hanrahan!
LieutenantLackluster
welp
Shesterkybomb
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Young team, ahead of schedule, why is everyone complaining.
ReggieDunlop68
hey hanrahan!
Not that Skjei is a future Norris winner, but the Seth Jones goal was after a terrible icing call when the line was exhausted.
offdacrossbar
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its nice to grab the 2 points when we had no business doing so but, we played atrocious. we really were bad.
and this getting outshot by alot every game is a worrisome sign. thats on dave.
the post, crossbar and georgie in "god mode" covers up alot of bad.
this defense is just plain awful. lindy ruff needs to go. now.
quinn adding a marc staal back into this cesspool of a defense is troubling too.
lets not kid ourselves, this game should have been something like a 5-3 loss.
and this getting outshot by alot every game is a worrisome sign. thats on dave.
the post, crossbar and georgie in "god mode" covers up alot of bad.
this defense is just plain awful. lindy ruff needs to go. now.
quinn adding a marc staal back into this cesspool of a defense is troubling too.
lets not kid ourselves, this game should have been something like a 5-3 loss.
Refs also missing Skjei being body slammed to the ice was also another non-call. But yet call a trip with the last two mins of the game. I mean still letting 47 SOG was bad enough but the Refs did not help the situation. Special Teams came up big especially Trouba in the end.
haveandare
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They should have fired Cooper right after that. That was a truly pathetic performance. They were thoroughly embarrassed and had no answers. Kept coming out flat after the first game, kept laying back and just getting run over.
I think their window might be closed honestly. They have good players but so do a lot of teams who don't win much. Maybe a new coach would turn it all around but I'm not sure.
Hajek is hurt. What do you propose they do? And it is not like Hajek was setting the world fire when he was healthy. He has been ok.
romba
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It’s not closed but certainly on the downward trend towards closing. The Atlantic is so weak they are still only 2 points out of a division spot with games in hand. Boston is running away with it.
will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
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ReggieDunlop68
hey hanrahan!
romba
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Oh yes. An 'ass-clenching-multiple-save-of -the-year-candidates-and-2-or-3 posts-clanged' sort of bonfire.
will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
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will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
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The third period was one of the most recent egregious examples of ice tilting by the officials to try to produce a result for the home crowd.
Because of that, and that they were down to five, I'm cutting the defense a bit of slack for this game.
BTW, I thought there was some dirty hit that caused the Hajek injury, but what do I know.
Because of that, and that they were down to five, I'm cutting the defense a bit of slack for this game.
BTW, I thought there was some dirty hit that caused the Hajek injury, but what do I know.
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I actually believe that had he not gotten hurt, that he would have been the scratch for Staal.
RangerLifer
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RangerLifer
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I agree and Strome will be better matched against other teams bottom lines’ centers. However, at the moment I don’t have a problem playing Zibanejad less minutes before he’s fully up to speed.
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