GDT: Game # 53 - canucks @ RANGER - 7:30PM - MSG

[Machinehead]

Look at his first offseason.

He ran off one of our most skilled players and then added four big, fat nothing burgers: McKegg, Hunt, Reaves and Blais. Four guys who basically add almost nothing to the offense. For a team with an elite goalie and a stable full of defenders. He doesn’t want to add guys who can score.

I gave Drury a bit of credit, to be fair, because I do think we needed better role players. And Drury got some NHL players to do that (I like Hunt and Blais, and Reaves is ok) whereas Gorton couldn't bring in a bottom-six pro hockey player if his life depended on it.

But yes, he definitely overdid it, and misidentified what's wrong as this team has been doing since like 1995.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I highly doubt there is any significance to a difference in play when playing a bunch of games in a row and when playing sporadically but you’re welcome to do the research around the league and seeing how production changes and if georgiev happens to be worse than others that way. But you’re taking a small sample and making it smaller so you probably won’t get meaningful results anyway.


Alexandar Georgiev | New York Rangers | National Hockey League | Yahoo! Sports

We can very very simplistically look here. 24 career games on 1 day rest. .911. 74 games with 3+. .913

It's really not all about save %. The guy gives up backbreaking goals at the worst times. And his stats were below 0.900 before that stretch when Igor went down. I don't care what he did his rookie year.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Burger king is easily the worst

White Castle, Arby’s and Chick-Fil-A are worse than Burger King as far as fast food franchises.

 

[Brutananadilewski]

Sam, shut-up!

 

[Machinehead]

That’s not the point. I’m not talking about the play I’m talking about the culture and the personal.

He won that Cup in like 1806, it's completely different now.

 

[Kravtsov420]

Look five guys is a great fast food place despite pretty much only serving burgers and shakes.

That vaults them to legendary status given the breadth of other places.

I like to dip my cohenes in chik fil a

 

[Cmox]

You know im over this “ theyre tired from playing hockey” excuses.

 

[17futurecap]

Someone tell Joe if they are out of gas already don’t look at the schedule where they play basically every other day the rest of the way.

They had 7 games in February.

 

[mas0764]

Drury was also a part of a Stanley cup team. He knows exactly what players are going to be required to win. I trust him more than Gorton. Whole did nothing well with this rebuild.

I’m not sure he does know. We need skill and he has ignored that aspect and seems inclined to continue to do so.

 

[Machinehead]

We scoreth

 

[Cmox]

Well deserved laffy

 

[EdJovanovski]

COMMENCE THE COME BACK

 

[RangersFan1994]

Lafy now only down 4-1.

 

[MysticLeviathan]

great shot by laf

 

[RangersFan]

Holy shit he scored a "real" goal!

 

[DanielBrassard]

Wow he scored on a forehand shot

 

[mike14]

Some Laffy silver lining

 

[17futurecap]

Laffy Taffy has been our best player since the mini break outside of Igor obviously.

 

[Richard Banger]

He won that Cup in like 1806, it's completely different now.

It’s not different. You need a team of NHL players. Balanced on every front. He knows this

 

[FireGerardGallant]

LaF ONly ScOReS tiP InS

 

[mas0764]

Yes, as the 3C behind Sakic and Forsberg lol

Hardest job in the world!

And if he learned anything, how come it’s not that he needs a Sakic and a Forsberg?

 

[Machinehead]

At least Lafreniere actually looks good.

It's amazing that all it took was giving him an actual extended look on a decent line. I wonder who said that? I don't wonder. It was me.

Maybe put him on the powerplay?

 

[RangersFan1994]

1 goal every 3 minutes. It is possible. Let’s keep this up

 

[Chaels Arms]

Nice shot.

 

[Lays]

Well at least Lafreniere is playing well lately