Post-Game Talk: Blue Jackets at Rangers 12/12/2013

[Ragnarok14]

I'm sorry, but you couldn't be more wrong.

08-09: $6.875m of a $56.7m cap = 12.1% of team cap

14-15: $8.5m of a $70.0m cap = 12.1% of team cap

The math proves that next year, his percentage against the cap will be exactly the same as it was when he signed his LAST contract in 2008-09.

Not to mention that the cap is going to continue to go UP over the next seven years.

But are we watching his decline ? Only time will tell, and I'm nervous...

 

[TheTakedown]

watching the post game...

Holy hell Hags on that third goal... WHAT THE **** dude.... He just wanders like a lost dog

 

[NCRanger]

A few weeks ago Yakupov had that whole ice time blow up in Edm, would you take him? I would he's got potential and he's fiery. Not flat like Nash. Maybe Broadway Brad could learn to love EDM

What the hell does everyone see in this Yakupov?

 

[Riverdale]

Even with the obvious lack of NHL caliber scorers, these guys are playing some of the most timid, heartless and zombified hockey I've witnessed in the 25+ years I have watched hockey. It's like a Lifetime network rendition of the Walking Dead ...
That falls on the gum mastication expert named Alain Vigneault.

Sad that this team needs someone screaming at them 24/7 to be motivated.

AV - If he isn't the right fit here then why did Sather hire him? He is a fool. AV said it himself; he is trying to implement his system but he doesn't have the offensive talent.

 

[Unpredictable1]

I want a Prust-Dubi-Dorsett 3-4 line.

Most likely could be a good third line.

 

[trilobyte]

yup, keep the blinders on. add prust to the mix and mitchell and you have no legs to stand on. this team went to crap as soon as they dismantled the core 2 years ago. Its all there in black and white, people just refuse to see it.

You will see what you want to see, that much is obvious to me.
Dubinsky the powerhouse, the engine?
He is not. Something wrong with the Rangers culture, and it starts from the top.

 

[peanutbuttacallytime]

During the Playoffs, everyone was over the moon with Brassard. This season Dorsett has been good for us.

We really cant keep comparing these players/trades through an infinite period of time. Players match up differently with different teammates and tactics, its just the way it is

Brassard is one of the biggest disappointments for me this season. Was really excited to see what he could do in a whole season, but I guess we know why he was traded now..

 

[Swedish Fish]

This team is like a microwaved piece of pizza from the night before, so bland but not quite awful enough to not eat.

 

[Baby Punisher]

Oh yeah, that would work...

Ok, what do you suggest? because this can not be allowed to go on any longer.

 

[NikC]

yup, keep the blinders on. add prust to the mix and mitchell and you have no legs to stand on. this team went to crap as soon as they dismantled the core 2 years ago. Its all there in black and white, people just refuse to see it.

haha this is bs. they still couldn't score. you can cry all you want to over the past. they were human targets every night getting pinned in their end for minutes upon minutes.

they looked ridiculous at times in the playoffs. that's winning hockey? please.

Sather needs to go no doubt, but this franchise has done a number on some of your heads in here. you've all gone bat sh%% crazy...

 

[KasparsHipCheck]

What the hell does everyone see in this Yakupov?

Offensive skill/great shot and he's hungry to play. Plus he's 20 so he's still growing, Nash/Richards are peaked.

 

[zuckera1]

Players I'm done with: Boyle, Hagelin, Stralman

 

[noupf]

You will see what you want to see, that much is obvious to me.
Dubinsky the powerhouse, the engine?
He is not. Something wrong with the Rangers culture, and it starts from the top.

nope, dubi wasnt the savior....... but dubi, AA, prust and mitchell brought intensity every night......not like this current bunch of clowns.

it all went down hill the summer of the nash trade imo

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

What the hell does everyone see in this Yakupov?

Highly skilled, natural goalscorer, high-end skater, twenty years old, plays with passion (most of the time ), consensus first overall, Good At Hockey. No particular order. I'd do one of his stupid celebrations in public if we traded a ton of pieces for him. Could be the worst trade ever or the best trade ever, but the downside's nowhere near as big as the upside.

 

[mrhockey193195]

You will see what you want to see, that much is obvious to me.
Dubinsky the powerhouse, the engine?
He is not. Something wrong with the Rangers culture, and it starts from the top.

There was nothing wrong with the Rangers culture in 11-12. Even Sather had the right mindset, trying to build from within and develop a tight-knit team with chemistry on and off the ice, and supplement that group with a few key veterans. That mindset has been turned on its head in the past two years.

 

[KasparsHipCheck]

Highly skilled, natural goalscorer, high-end skater, twenty years old, plays with passion (most of the time ), consensus first overall, Good At Hockey. No particular order. I'd do one of his stupid celebrations in public if we traded a ton of pieces for him. Could be the worst trade ever or the best trade ever, but the downside's nowhere near as big as the upside.

might even be able to pickup Gagner or Hemsky for low return.

 

[nevesis]

Ok, what do you suggest? because this can not be allowed to go on any longer.

Keep the coach, and trade LOTS of deadweight.

 

[trilobyte]

There was nothing wrong with the Rangers culture in 11-12. Even Sather had the right mindset, trying to build from within and develop a tight-knit team with chemistry on and off the ice, and supplement that group with a few key veterans. That mindset has been turned on its head in the past two years.

The only problem is that operating that way is not sustainable. I just did not see that level of commitment and focus as being repeatable. Human nature is what it is. A buffer has to be provided, you cannot just go balls to the wall year in year out the way that team went,

 

[smoneil]

Girardi, MZA, MDZ and Richards all played well. Those four seemed like they at least gave a crap.

Step and Hagelin need to get their s#$t together.

McD was uneven and Stralman was just awful tonight (both guys get a pass from me due to their seasons to date--and I was very skeptical of Strals coming in to this season. He's earned a little benefit of the doubt).

Kreider? J. Moore? Didn't even notice them on the ice.

Rick Nash. No fire. No heart. No @$%%^@^%$ shots on goal (and to put that in context--Girardi had 4 SoG. Boyle had 3. Richards had 9. Hell, even Del Zotto put a couple on goal. Our ridiculously expensive "goal scorer" couldn't even get a shot on goal in almost 23 minutes of ice time, including almost 3 minutes of PP, NO PK duty and a couple of extended 4 on 4's--which give him more ice to work with. I'm disgusted by his performance tonight).

 

[Baby Punisher]

Sad that this team needs someone screaming at them 24/7 to be motivated.

AV - If he isn't the right fit here then why did Sather hire him? He is a fool. AV said it himself; he is trying to implement his system but he doesn't have the offensive talent.

Let's be honest here. When Renney was fired we were playing BORING hockey. Like falling asleep in my chair at MSG boring.Torts is hired, we open it up a bit with safe is death mantra, & we start getting hammered. Torts did not whine openly about not having the offensive players, no he adapted & made us a solid team that won, that was exciting that other teams feared. We all know how it turns out in the end with Torts. Now we have Av who I don't think can adapt. Av was blessed with some great offensive talent & good two way players, we don't have any of that.

The one guy I wish we never let go off was Anmsinov. He was the perfect 3rd line center who could play on the PP & PK & maybe we would be rid of Boyle. Having Boyle & Moore on the same team is redundant.

 

[nevesis]

Highly skilled, natural goalscorer, high-end skater, twenty years old, plays with passion (most of the time ), consensus first overall, Good At Hockey. No particular order. I'd do one of his stupid celebrations in public if we traded a ton of pieces for him. Could be the worst trade ever or the best trade ever, but the downside's nowhere near as big as the upside.

He would love to play on a stage like NY. Especially with him being a good looking dude, and the Russians who live in Brighton Beach. This kid would love it here.

We need a dynamic kid like him here. Sick raw talent.

 

[Idlerlee]

Brassard is one of the biggest disappointments for me this season. Was really excited to see what he could do in a whole season, but I guess we know why he was traded now..

He panned out when it was important. But for this season, you are rigth, he has been a huge dissapointment.

Brassard, Callahan, Hagelin are all monumental dissapointments so far if you draw the comparison to the players they are expected to be.

Hagelin is the player who is least put into a position to succeed by AV, but even so, a player of his calibre sporting a whooping 1.2~ shots pr. game, does not do him any favors

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Well. That sucked.

 

[Bleed Ranger Blue]

Offensive skill/great shot and he's hungry to play. Plus he's 20 so he's still growing, Nash/Richards are peaked.

Yakupov is hungry to play HIS way. And that involves zero interest in going to get the puck.

He'd be perfect here, actually.

 

[CDiablo]

We could have had a tie game had the 8.5 million dollar man not let in his signature softie. I could assume that if we only let in 2 that we would only pot 1. At least we are in the Metropolitan division.