GDT: Game 49: New York Rangers @ Ottawa Senators, 7pm ET, MSG, NHLN

[NYR Viper]

Yes, this is all the coaches fault…

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

1st period was delightful

I'd rather have a root canal.

 

[bl02]

These are the same players but not the same team from pre-Xmas.

WTF has happened?

Not everything but basically our only line has become a 2nd line instead of an elite first line.

 

[gabevh3]

Mika and Miller have never once been benched I doubt we'll ever see a benching. I have no idea what this team is doing.

I thought Laviolette was a bencher so i liked the signing. Guess not. He's the opposite.. riding players who are struggling.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Yes, this is all the coaches fault…

It's everyone's fault, particularly the ones who put a curse on this franchise

 

[DuneGoon84]

i hate this coach. why are we still running these f***ing horrible lines. they dont do anything.

It's not the coach man, these players are the problem. No accountability, noone is taking it upon themselves to drive the net, obliterate someone, hustle. Not one of these schmucks are leading by example.

 

[ReleasO The KakkO]

Does anyone know if Lav_O goes into the locker room tween periods?

 

[CasusBelli]

Vally tearing Miller a new one. And rightly so. If you’re gonna play AHL defense, you have to give prime Ozolinsh offense.

 

[mrmovies779]

I see Panarin is back to throwing dangerous cross ice passes,Miller handles and protects the puck like 1 Eyed Willie(Staal),and the pp doesn't want to shoot again...pass,pass,pass,pass,turnover...good times,good times

 

[bl02]

The PP setup is pissing me off. They never use the bumper, they never work the puck down low. Zibanejad Is a piece of shit.

but he made a great dive to stop the puck from exiting the zone on the pp. His work is done for the night.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Yes, this is all the coaches fault…

His fault for not changing up the Powerplay, or changing the lines, the pairings.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

f*** Brodzinski

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

It's not the coach man, these players are the problem. No accountability, noone is taking it upon themselves to drive the net, obliterate someone, hustle. Not one of these schmucks are leading by example.

No accountability is the coaches fault. Bench someone! Demote someone! Not rocket science.

 

[gabevh3]

It's not the coach man, these players are the problem. No accountability, noone is taking it upon themselves to drive the net, obliterate someone, hustle. Not one of these schmucks are leading by example.

That's all on the coaches

 

[hi]

I have reached the previously unthinkable point; I am ready for Mark Messier to coach this team

Messier as coach or I buy a Connor Mackey stadium series jersey @ChrisDrury

 

[rangersfansince08]

Trouba looking pretty good now, eh?

The guy stabilizes an otherwise terrible defense. He’s our Girardi and Staal. This team is done. No more heart. No energy. It’s just going through the motions.

How does that overpaid loser stabilize it? By throwing a big hit every now and then but otherwise consistently having the team bleeding scoring chances and goals when he is on the ice?

 

[irishlaxburger2]

The PP setup is pissing me off. They never use the bumper, they never work the puck down low. Zibanejad Is a piece of shit.

Teams have learned to give Fox a ton of space at the blue line because he’s a pass-dominant player, which means everything from the circles down ends up being extremely congested.

He needs to start shooting the puck, even if it’s simply fishing for Kreider deflections/rebounds.

 

[MrAlmost]

I would not start the first pp unit if we get another chance. I would just put out the trocheck line with kakko and fox. Maybe Cuylle and Fox if they want a net front guy. Basically I would sit kreider and Z. Haha

 

[RangerLifer]

I thought Laviolette was a bencher so i liked the signing. Guess not. He's the opposite.. riding players who are struggling.

He WAS a bencher. Now maybe Dolan is telling him he can't? It's strange.

 

[ReddestRum]

I love how this team kills 1:30 off the PP themselves before anything happens, and it's usually a turnover.

 

[CasusBelli]

1st period was delightful

Still don’t know why we didn’t make Martin our coach after Quinn. He was excellent with Ottawa for so many years. Developed some top talents.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

No accountability is the coaches fault. Bench someone! Demote someone! Not rocket science.

Demote where?

 

[mike14]

The post-Bonino era ain't looking great.

Sorry....

 

[Reijo29]

I thought he was a bencher? They have no players who the heck do you want benched? They already have Mackey and Jones playing, what do you want Miller benched so we can have no defensemen? They have 2 guy whose can score, what do you want Zib benched? There is no one to bench and Laviolette is a lunatic, in the lockerroom he’s lighting into everyone.

 

[zlev]

It's not the coach man, these players are the problem. No accountability, noone is taking it upon themselves to drive the net, obliterate someone, hustle. Not one of these schmucks are leading by example.

"no accountability" is 100% the coaches fault