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GDT: Game 30 - New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils - 7pm EST - MSG,NHLN

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The constant need to resort back to the kid line because the veterans can't drive the bus is just so sickening. He really is a contradiction. The coaching staff doesn't trust the kids to play with the vets for whatever reason but whenever the team sucks they want to put all the kids back together because there are the team's best line. It's like a paradox of stupidity
 
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Loki Dog 74 said:
It can’t even be the coach at this point.

It’s like the core carries over their bad habits in practice regardless of the coach. The new guys learn from the old guys and everything stays the same.

I’ve always said that the organization is “too first rate” in terms of pampering and pandering to their players and that it breeds a country club atmosphere. Even during the Callahan years when we were an all will hockey team that worked harder than other teams, we suffered from flat out awful starts and periods where we were just lifeless.

And the team simply cannot move the puck at the same caliber of the best teams in the league, no matter what personnel we have. Zuccarello is a nice player, but he’s not irreplaceable. Watch Zucc, Kaprizov and Hartman move the puck. Bratt, Hischier and Sherangovich or Tatar. It doesn’t matter what trio we put on the ice - they cannot smoothly move the puck.
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This is interesting. Maybe the answer is worse hotel rooms.
 
bleedblue94 said:
I never said anything about adding grit. You tend to like to marry the two concepts. Vanesse players can also penetrate the house area in the offensive zone, and when they do it opens up all their options to make finesse plays. Willingness to go to dirty areas on the ice has nothing to do with grit, it has everything to do with a player's willingness to go to an area that most people don't want to go. That's not grit, that's playing team hockey and effective hockey
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You didn't say anything but I've been watching the team for 30 years and I know what the Rangers think the problem is.

I don't think it's unwillingness, I think it's inability. This is barely an NHL team on the offensive side of the puck.
 
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There's #TheVets once again doing the only thing in the period worth a damn while Lafreniere and Kakko become Arron Asham and Jarrett Stoll.

You know it to be true.
 
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bl02 said:
Rooting hard for Blais but right now he is giving this team nothing
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Hahaha, I was just coming in here to bitch about him.

Hes useless, cant say I watched much of him in St Louis, but he’s bad here.
 
Someone brought up Zucc, and man is he the one I wish made it to this core from the old cole years with Kreider. He should've been one of the holdovers.
 
bleedblue94 said:
The constant need to resort back to the kid line because the veterans can't drive the bus is just so sickening. He really is a contradiction. The coaching staff doesn't trust the kids to play with the vets for whatever reason but whenever the team sucks they want to put all the kids back together because there are the team's best line. It's like a paradox of stupidity
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It’s mind numbing
 
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bleedblue94 said:
The constant need to resort back to the kid line because the veterans can't drive the bus is just so sickening. He really is a contradiction. The coaching staff doesn't trust the kids to play with the vets for whatever reason but whenever the team sucks they want to put all the kids back together because there are the team's best line. It's like a paradox of stupidity
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Well said!
 
Machinehead said:
You didn't say anything but I've been watching the team for 30 years and I know what the Rangers think the problem is.

I don't think it's unwillingness, I think it's inability. This is barely an NHL team on the offensive side of the puck.
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I don't know how you can be unable to skate into the middle of the ice in the offensive zone. I literally have no idea how anybody can suggest that an NHL player or even an ECHL player is unable to skate through the middle of the ice. It's all about willingness
 
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Late goal makes it look ok but that was a hilariously inept period.
Devils look like they are almost perfectly organised to expose our roster and game plan flaws.
Terrible turnovers by Trouba (multiple), Lindgren and Kreider lead to fantastic scoring opportunities, and all because we are too slow and casual with the puck.
The lack of puck speed is a reason why we need to play Jones, warts-and-all, so we can get him used to transitioning at NHL pace.

Chytil is the only forward who seemingly fully understands and embraces the need to get pucks on net and create traffic in front.

He gets put in situations he shouldn't be in, but Vesey is an absolute bargain contract right now.
 
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