Player Discussion Adam Clendening

[True Blue]

The bottom line is, there is no reason why AC shouldn't have gotten a game or games more recently.

Especially with all the B2Bs.

Could not agree more. And I am not even a Clendening fan. But with the B2Bs, how has AV not rested the Girardis of the world? Wasn't that the plan coming into the year?

 

[True Blue]

How do you know?

How do you know that Peumpel is not Gretzky?

In this case, I would say that history has been a pretty good indicator.

 

[Raspewtin]

How do you know that Peumpel is not Gretzky?

In this case, I would say that history has been a pretty good indicator.

-_-.

I took that more of a reference to the "he's not that good" part of the quote.

I thought this was pretty damn obvious

 

[Irishguy42]

AV said that Clendening was supposed to be used more in November due to the tough schedule.

It's now the last day in November and Clendo has played one game.

AV...please respond...

 

[Inferno]

AV said that Clendening was supposed to be used more in November due to the tough schedule.

It's now the last day in November and Clendo has played one game.

AV...please respond...

stop being so negative..they just won....etc.

 

[cwede]

AV said that Clendening was supposed to be used more in November due to the tough schedule.
It's now the last day in November and Clendo has played one game.
AV...please respond...

i think all this stressing about the 22d guy is missing the point
#4 is living precisely the job he signed up for, 7th\depth D
The team is winning and the D has been healthy
he needs to stay ready, the opening is inevitable, and may arise without warning

 

[TheTakedown]

i think all this stressing about the 22d guy is missing the point
#4 is living precisely the job he signed up for, 7th\depth D
The team is winning and the D has been healthy
he needs to stay ready, the opening is inevitable, and may arise without warning

yet underlying stats show they aren't playing as well as their record indicates. Clendo needs to come in and play. He's better than a "depth d", especially compared to Girardi.

 

[McRanger]

Girardi and Klein have been so bad that it makes zero sense not giving Clendening some time.

Even if he is bad there is a chance he will be better than our other two right handed defensemen.

 

[Hockeyplayer99]

Same story as last year with just a different name not getting games.

 

[bl02]

Clendening is the new mcilrath on here pretty much lol.
He should see some time tho especially with as bad as Klein has been playing .

 

[Revel]

I think last night would have been a good night to play Clendo. Carolina is one of the least physical teams in the league....which bodes well for a guy like Clendo. If Clendo doesn't get a start against Buffalo, I think he should absolutely play the afternoon game vs Carolina on Saturday. Of course, it's still unlikely to happen.

 

[17futurecap]

2. Alain Vigneault’s insistence on sticking with his same six defensemen night after night after night after night after night after night and his corresponding refusal to get Adam Clendening back into the lineup for at least a look-see is baffling. It’s the Dylan McIlrath story with a twist: This time it is the mobile puck-mover, rather than the bruising defender, who can’t break into the veteran right side

http://nypost.com/2016/11/30/how-rangers-could-answer-the-big-question-about-their-defense/

 

[Revel]

http://nypost.com/2016/11/30/how-rangers-could-answer-the-big-question-about-their-defense/

One of Larry's better pieces. I pretty much agree with all 6 of his points.

 

[Raspewtin]

hhahaha remember when McIlrath wasn't playing because AV apparently loves smooth skaters that could pass?

 

[Revel]

hhahaha remember when McIlrath wasn't playing because AV apparently loves smooth skaters that could pass?

Clendo is not a smooth skater, tho.

 

[Raspewtin]

Clendo is not a smooth skater, tho.

He's definitely smooth. Good edgework and turns.

Slow as **** though.

 

[Revel]

He's definitely smooth. Good edgework and turns.

Slow as **** though.

I disagree mostly, but we do agree on his slowness. His feet are moving a million miles an hour when he tries to get going, but he goes nowhere. It's funny to watch. It's like he has Penguin legs.

 

[Machinehead]

I disagree mostly, but we do agree on his slowness. His feet are moving a million miles an hour when he tries to get going, but he goes nowhere. It's funny to watch. It's like he has Penguin legs.

Penguins won the Cup, so there you go.

 

[TheTakedown]

So basically this comes down to AV having a specific "requirement" for defensemen to meet, and that translates into either a really good defenseman (McDonagh and Skjei) as well as really bad defensemen (Girardi and Klein)...

Someone mentioned that AV seems to have an outdated perspective of what makes a defenseman good--I think this is starting to ring true. Trotting a guy like Klein out instead of letting AC try to build up some confidence with offensive contributions simply doesn't make sense to me at all--other than the "we know what we're getting" mantra, but even that gets me because it's almost like AV CREATES these situations where these guys produce an unknown result, and then AV takes it to the bank as fact

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

http://nypost.com/2016/11/30/how-rangers-could-answer-the-big-question-about-their-defense/

Maybe Clendening is just not good enough to crack the line-up on a D-unit of a contender

 

[Raspewtin]

Maybe Clendening is just not good enough to crack the line-up on a D-unit of a contender

1. this team is not a contender

2. he should be able to crack a team with two worse defensemen than he is.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

1. this team is not a contender

2. he should be able to crack a team with two worse defensemen than he is.

I am just not convinced Clendening is better than Klein or Girardi.

 

[silverfish]

I am just not convinced Clendening is better than Klein or Girardi.

Girardi is one of the worst D in the league getting a regular shift.
Klein has been worse than Girardi this year.

Even if 4 is below lg average, he's still better than both of them.

 

[gump116]

Is it a coincidence that Clendening is playing for Klein tonight after Brooks' article yesterday? I sometimes wonder which way it works with Larry. Is he the one beat writer that the team actually reads and listens to or does the team leak info to him to see how people would react? Probably some combination of both.

 

[bl02]

Is it a coincidence that Clendening is playing for Klein tonight after Brooks' article yesterday? I sometimes wonder which way it works with Larry. Is he the one beat writer that the team actually reads and listens to or does the team leak info to him to see how people would react? Probably some combination of both.

Larry brooks is our voice! Thanks Larry!
Gotta rotate G out and the way it seems this year Klein as well