GDT: #6 - 01/26/21 | RANGERS @ sabres | 7:00 - MSG 2

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

No but it might fix the player development problem.

Absolutely.

 

[Betelgeuse]

I need to self impose exile myself from these games for a while to protect my sanity

 

[will1066]

It's a trap!

 

[Rempe73]

Laf going to usurp Jack Hughes for worst rookie season by #1 pick

This is so f***ing brutal. We just can’t catch a break. At least Kakko looks improved for now. But neither one is even close to being a game-breaker yet.

 

[CLW]

How can anyone knock Kakko so far?

Him and Chytil were by far the best line early on, his play along the boards has drastically improved and has 2 goals?

I get the LaF concern, but can't lump Kakko into that convo this year.

Stronger along the boards is great, but he has also lost speed and agility which a player like him needs. I'd rather see him more Panarin like in his physique and skating. Hopefully it's just a phase after putting on a lot of muscle quickly and his body and game will adapt later on.

Alexis looks very beefed up too, but again, more clunky.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

How has PDG ended up on the 4th line, i missed a period and a half. Him and Kakko have a little chemistry going imo

 

[BroadwayStorm]

Were awful no doubt and I want Quinn fired more than any Ranger fan in this galaxy. But today the Sabres have committed a lot of penalties not called against them. Especially the hooking kind.

 

[ReddestRum]

This team is so boring to watch.

 

[Black Aces]

Sabres in a 1-2-2.

We have no clue what to do vs a 1-4 or a 1-2-2

 

[TheBloodyNine]

Sam just said it. Laf is playing against top lines all the time. WHY?!?!? When you have the forwards we do that's dumb.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Is Blackwell on the 2nd line now?

Wtf are we doing man

it’s like Quinn is picking names outta a hat

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Wtf is panarinn doing.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

This is so f***ing brutal. We just can’t catch a break. At least Kakko looks improved for now. But neither one is even close to being a game-breaker yet.

There’s no way they’re both just duds. It’s got to be the coaching. Laf was supposed to a sure thing, on any other team I’m sure he’s standing out

 

[Black Aces]

Do we have an actual breakout at this point or is it just curl, abandon the d, go, and dump/chip?

We have no plan or system.

 

[effen]

Every rush is 2 on 4

 

[MysticLeviathan]

Kakko looks much stronger and more assertive

 

[will1066]

Bench Strome PLEASE

 

[SnowblindNYR]

More of the same.

 

[bleedblue94]

Strome has just been atrocious. So if strome was so good last year and helped carry panarin to reach a career high than is he equally responsible for how bad he's been this year or are we going to blame something else? Asking for a friend...

 

[Profet]

How is Colin freakin' Blackwell our most dynamic forward?

 

[ReddestRum]

Are we the only team in the NHL that doesn't recover the puck on any of our dump ins?

 

[LOFIN]

I didnt think either were referred to as weak draft years. Many people highly touted Lafreniere as a solid #1 overall pick.

Yet, he doesn't have the impact of a Matthews, McDavid [obviously], Eichel [#2], MacKinnon, etc.

Doesn't even look as impactful as Nugent Hopkins or Taylor Hall in their rookie seasons.

I was definitely hoping for more.

My point was, Kakko and Lafreniere were supposed to be strong picks. Yet somehow their play has reduced massively with the Rangers. They don't play like they did before draft.

 

[BroadwayStorm]

Howden cant make a straight pass. He has Kakko driving down the middle and his choice is to use the backboards to circle the puck out of the offensive zone. WHY?

 

[Jayan]

lets change EVERYONE but Strome.

If a lightbulb don’t work, change the house.

 

[aufheben]

There’s no way they’re both just duds. It’s got to be the coaching. Laf was supposed to a sure thing, on any other team I’m sure he’s standing out

Idk man. Top draft picks have joined way shittier situations.