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Kravtsov420 said:
Lol shuffling it around the outside of the boards and hoping for wide wrist shots going close to the net is not a strategy. You need high danger scoring chances.
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Which is what the Rangers have been suppressing. All the while getting more scoring chances than their opponents.
 
Ola said:
But DQ has lost their respect completely. They don’t believe in him
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Welcome to the next iteration of complete hogwash. Can you point to a single shred of ANY evidence that would
Back this up?
 
I'm still not entirely convinced they're playing on Tuesday. The Devils have like 40% of New Jersey's covid cases right now.
 
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KreiderBomb said:
Im not down on us yet, i think we need zib and Kreider to be better and i think they will. If you asked everyone last year what we wanted to change about this team we would have collectively said our defensive side of the puck, we seemed to have gotten that fixed, now we just need our star forwards to be stars. The only problem is we are in the toughest division, in a shortened season and unfortunately thats making everyone panic, it sucks but it is what it is, i still think this team can make a run at a playoff spot.
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I think we can too....but a lot of stuff has to beak our way for that to happen . Not everything has to break right for us....but we need the PP fixed and we need Mika going ...almost the same thing in this case ...and it likely will eventually happen albeit hopefully not too late .
 
Unpredictable1 said:
Glad I'm not the only one who was pissed about that. Although not as violent, I lump that with Eakin taking Lundqvist's head off....crickets.

Ritchie needed to answer for that complete coward move - he has a track record of doucheness. Lemieux or maybe Rooney might be the only ones on our roster that could tussle with him though. *maybe* Trouba but that wouldn't be the best option IMO.
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Wasn't Rooney on the ice? And he didn't really do anything other than have words with him.
 
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Ola said:
Maybe, at the same time, if we look at last season, this team was so flat when he was injured and just had another punch when he played. In fact, I think it’s hard to argue against that he was our 3rd best skater last season (by quite a large marginal).

Anyway, I am not saying that it was wrong to cut TDA, I don’t know all details. In fact, I/we know very very little.

But a move made must be a net positive or it wasn’t a good move. Right?

I am just calling it like I see it. I see a coach that is holding to his beliefs and his ways without getting any result. The way I am seeing it, I just don’t attribute much credit to him for how our kids plays regarding the ones that plays well. The one he really have helped — and that will pay off — is Howden. Howden is getting better and will become an important bottom 6 for us. Good kids coming in and doing their stuff like say a Lindgren, nah the coach shouldn’t get the credit for that. Neither should the coach get blamed for like Lias Andersson not cutting it. I had zero problems with DQs use of Kakko last season. This year? I don’t like it one bit. Kakko should have been on the top PP from Day 1 over Strome, instead — Howden — got more PP time than him. That is a power move. Step back and get in line. I am sorry, but you must help the kids.

There is obviously a lot of friction and adversity in our room. Players are not pulling in the same direction. The coach pulls rank and deploys his power at great costs. THIS is on the coach. And maybe it’s necessary, hey it could be. But I am wondering if Gorton is betting on the right horse here. I really do.
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However this season works out I do very much like the direction of where we're going with our D. I think we are defending a lot better this year even if our offense has become anemic. I like our top 4 and with Lundkvist, Schneider, Skinner, Robertson, Reunanen and Jones coming we've got a lot going for us on the backend. My opinion Lundkvist could make a Fox, Miller like appearance for us next year and some of the others seem on the fast track too. It's going to be good. We may need more centers.
 
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I mean I don’t see how the devils are playing Tuesday but I also don’t see how the nhl can let them go weeks without putting a team on the ice. They have taxi squads and minor leaguers for a reason
 
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So, I did a very simple analysis of how different teams are this year compared to last, with the caveat of there being a small sample size. Actually it's not even that small anymore, it's 1/4 of a season. But small enough it needs to be mentioned. Basically I took the absolute value of the difference between this year and last in GF/G added to the absolute value of the difference between this year last in GA/G. And what do you know it? My hypothesis was true. We are the team that changed the most since last year.

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SnowblindNYR said:
So, I did a very simple analysis of how different teams are this year compared to last, with the caveat of there being a small sample size. Actually it's not even that small anymore, it's 1/4 of a season. But small enough it needs to be mentioned.
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It's a small sample size, but it isn't, but it is."

13 games is a small and volatile sample size. Period.

Still wouldn't really trust results from this season so far.
 
Irishguy42 said:
It's a small sample size, but it isn't, but it is."

13 games is a small and volatile sample size. Period.

Still wouldn't really trust results from this season so far.
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Is it really that small though, it's 1/4 of a season. In an ordinary season maybe. It's like saying the Giants one of the worst offensive teams in the league this year through 8 games, but that's a small sample size. It's not all about the absolute number.
 
Said it in roster building thread

Rangers were awesome early. Once the Trouba hit and scuffle happened our veterans (namely Kreider, Mika and Strome) shit their pants as the game got rough.
It’s a joke that these are our leaders. What do our young guys have to look up to? Who?
You want to change the culture and send a message? Then play those guys (yes I know 2 of them are centers) 8 minutes together on the 4th line with no PP time.
 
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Imback said:
Said it in roster building thread

Rangers were awesome early. Once the Trouba hit and scuffle happened our veterans (namely Kreider, Mika and Strome) shit their pants as the game got rough.
It’s a joke that these are our leaders. What do our young guys have to look up to? Who?
You want to change the culture and send a message? Then play those guys (yes I know 2 of them are centers) 8 minutes together on the 4th line with no PP time.
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This is a joke, right?
 
SnowblindNYR said:
Wasn't Rooney on the ice? And he didn't really do anything other than have words with him.
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Yup - whether he saw what happened or was just going off of Shesty being upset not sure...but my point was that Rooney is one of a small handful from the Rangers who I think could go with Ritchie. Not even sure I'd call what he did words...almost like whispering sweet nothings... lol
 
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