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All that roving D in the offensive zone just spells disaster whenever the play breaks down and someone forgot to cover for a dman who is down low
 
I generally don't get involved in the conversations about Skjei because it seems like most of the board cares a lot more about him than I do, but if he doesn't simplify his game, he will never be a good second pairing guy on a contending team.

No contending team is going to put up with a guy with second pair, defensive defenseman skills trying to play like Bobby Orr every other shift.
 
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Just posted the following in the Quinn thread. Saw it happen 3 times right after posting it:

You line up your D, lefty-righty for a reason. You don't want your Dmen making plays off their back hand in the D-Zone, and it's easier to keep the puck along the boards.

But they have their D switch with their man in the D-Zone. What ends up happening is that you often get the left D (usually Skjei, and you see it more often with Lindgren), playing their off side, with the man being Defended by the right D goes net front or back of the net to spread the D out.

This vacates the slot and if a D pinches... you get a odd-man scenario where the last man back has to defend two passing options, and this leaves a guy open.

The other thing this does is forces the LD to play puck on his back hand to get it out of the zone. It's harder to pass it, harder to lift it... watch and see this with Skjei repeatedly turning it over and the Rangers being caught with guys flying out the zone and the D both caught with the slot open.

To my eyes, I see teams crossing their wings over to make this happen when they carry the puck in.... because they know that the Rangers D will switch with their man, and not switch off their man.

Seeing this over and over again.... makes me think we have idiots running the team.
 
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nevesis said:
When you're 18, you should be playing with confidence and be a cocky ****er. The coaching needs to bring that out of him if it doesn't happen naturally. Thats the point. The coaching staff sucks.
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I mean, c'mon, nev. What 18 year olds do that in the NHL?
 
See. That right there I can't stand... There's no possession... Zibs had time and he just launched it down the ice... WTF is that. Almost like he knows he has no other choice
 
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