Post-Game Talk: #4 - 01/22/21 | RANGERS @ penguins | 7:00 - MSG
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Buch had Letang beat big time on that trip, kids playing with a lot of confidence
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EdJovanovski
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And that herb probably thinks it's because of DeAngelo lol
Shesterkybomb
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KirkAlbuquerque
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Im telling you if Quinn sticks with a Miller-Trouba pairing by game 15-20 we’ll be watching a very good, big, mobile, shutdown pairing. Miller has the wheels and quick decision making and trouba brings some nasty. Trouba is an underrated outlet passer while K’Andre can skate it out of trouble. Both guys have no problem moving the puck. I like the one poster who compared Miller to Vlad Malakov. They both are big men that have that silky smooth stride when they skate. Also, it let’s Lindgren-Fox continue their great play history goin back to their team USA days. They are very comfortable together. That can be a pretty good top 4. Main problem is the third pairing. I think smith-DeAngelo would be fine at 5 & 6 but the hard on to play Jack Johnson looks like it’s going to last a while....
Raspewtin
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don't really know what to make of Gaut
there's simply nowhere for him to go unless he starts running over the other team and making it impossible to keep him down.
That's what I was thinking too. What the hell kind of system is Quinn deploying? There is no cohesion at all between the players. It's like throw them together see what we get.
This is the first time I've seen/heard someone call someone else a herb in 20 years lmao.
EdJovanovski
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Yea the 4th leading scoring dman in the NHL last year while being 5 years younger than anyone ahead of him might be a fine 5/6th dman
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Richard Banger
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This type of water carrying by Joe is just ridiculous. It’s not just JJ’s analytics. Just watch him and he’s horrible. Constant turnovers, out of position, poor skating, getting beat 1 on 1. He’s objectively bad and you tell just watching him, the stats just back up the eye test.
So it’s not like he’s doing anything well.
completely agree on just about everything aside from the kids ice time. its not a function of any of the kids deliberately being played less, its not just us...around the league teams have 12 forwards that can play for the most part. ice time will typically skew towards the guys going on any given night. some teams have more established trios - we're still finding ours. at times some of the kids are put on a line that doesn't give them the best chance to shine...but i don't know how else you get there or why theres any complaints about shuffling now. this game wasn't quinn going into the game thinking ok going to make a point to get kakko/chytil/pdg more ice time. it was them going out and playing well and forcing quinn to play them more. agree or disagree with the lines he comes up with - he's been pretty open about saying he doesn't have the answers, its a constant discussion, they're looking for the best combinations. and yes, while its tough to stomach, its universal, kids to have to earn that ice time while guys who's struggled early in mika/kreider/strome - vets with some history - do get a longer leash. mika just looks a bit off but kreider/strome have been absolutely useless and have to imagine they probably have 3-5 more games at most to start making a difference and contributing anywhere before their roles are up in the air...and if the kids keep playing like this, that happens naturally. forcing it is what perpetually mediocre teams like edmomton do.
separately there is the case of jack johnson, who is among the worst players i've ever seen. as you noted, even being on the correct half of the ice is beyond his grasp. 4 games is in almost all cases too soon to draw any hard conclusions. but his case is an exception. how he hasn't been scratched is nothing short of negligence at best. his dressing and getting minutes is disrespectful to everyone else that has to make up for him when he's out there, the spirit of meritocracy, and a guy like smith who's played well sitting in the box while he singlehandedly costs at least 1 goal a night.
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we're not talking about all night. we're talking about 3v3 and how Strome got icetime and Laf didn't.
Richard Banger
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Matt Rentfree
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Bench Strome. Move Chytil and Howden up, put Barron in Howden's spot, swap Smith and Johnson. Instantly a better team.
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Richard Banger
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ADA was ass last night. I’ll give him a slight pass because he’s only played one game this season. But he’s just as bad defensively as JJ. The kid needs a stay at home Dman next to him.
PuckLuck3043
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They have played a total of 7 games in 10 months. It takes time to gel especially with the system they like to play. I sound like a broken record but it's going to take a minimum of 10 games to play the way they want to and have in the past. They also were the better team last night and against the devils.
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I want the same thing i got from him when he "carried" the worst player on our team last year.
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