Player Discussion Gerard Gallant

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will1066

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Gallant can do whatever he wants like Panarin can. He can name Georgiev the next game's starter and then say "psyche, fooled you" and start Shesterkin, and we should take it all in with a laugh. Hahaha, you're so funny, greatest hockey coach ever.

Carte blanche for him.
 

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Imagine if Gorton and JD were still here..... which would have meant Quinn....

I shutter at that thought.

I was shocked and upset at how JD and Gorts got the can. It was surprising to me.

However I have to agree, considering where this team is right now. I 1000% wanted Gallant in over Quinn and if that was one of the sticking points with the old regime well than I am fine with what transpired. The toughness stuff wouldve been addressed imho, but the coach was a different story.

If all of that shock didnt occur we might be looking at Columbus, Montreal or Seattle getting off to great starts with Gallant and the Rangers just being the same ole Rangers.

I dont care who was at the helm, they had a window of opportunity open to bring in a very good coach and they made it happen. I was never a big Quinn hater, but he can't carry Turk's jock when it comes to coaching and he looks even worse now watching what GG has done with mainly the same club (dont forget that some argued it was worse going into the year)
 

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Turk has never ever had this kind of talent available at his disposal . It's nice to see him do well so far....but the finish line is still a long ways off . Once we get into a few Isles and Caps and Canes games...we'll be tested in every way . If we can be around .600 against the upper echelon clubs and that also means TB and Toronto -St Louis -Vegas-Avs... Alberta .....we'll have an idea of what we have and also of what we might need for the playoffs . I think the PP will also improve over the year .
 

egelband

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They are on a 124 point pace. That is not going to continue. I'm just expecting some normal regression and would be thrilled with a point total that cements a 2nd or 3rd place position in the metro.
This is the right attitude. Right now the Rangers are riding high. It never lasts. Hope for more good than bad.
 

HockeyBasedNYC

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Why is everyone certain we would have still had Quinn with JD and Gorton, were there rumors they wanted to keep him?

I read in a few articles that Gorts and JD were planning on keeping Quinn around, or at least it was surmised that they were. Something to the tone that they were happy with the job he had done.

If you asked me at the time I'd probably say I'd be OK with sticking with Quinn to see if he could get to the playoffs given all of the developmental work he had done with the team. I dont want to kill the dude because I do think he laid some of the groundwork.

However, the Gallant & Kelly tandem is a vast improvement. Gallant is allowed to really key in on the team synergy, emotion and effort while Kelly works the X's and O's.
 

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Why is everyone certain we would have still had Quinn with JD and Gorton, were there rumors they wanted to keep him?

He probably wouldn't have been, after the Wilson incident and the team's crappy play, I would have to believe he was out but you never know. Additionally, they both (JG and JD) knew the team wasn't tough enough, so we have no idea what their remedy for that would have been. Would it have been Reaves, Gallant, Blais, Hunt etc. who knows, your guess would be as good as mine.

Anyway, Dolan's tantrum seems to have worked out so far, even though a top professional team reacting that way is patently ridiculous.
 

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The next time anyone considers using an appeal to authority argument to defend an NHL front office decision ("well he's an NHL GM and you're not so he must be right!") just remember this man sat home unemployed for a year and a half in a league where retreads and bumpkins like Vignault, Travis Green and David Quinn were making millions.
 

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The next time anyone considers using an appeal to authority argument to defend an NHL front office decision ("well he's an NHL GM and you're not so he must be right!") just remember this man sat home unemployed for a year and a half in a league where retreads and bumpkins like Vignault, Travis Green and David Quinn were making millions.
Hmmmm......not so sure but I have to wonder if that was not by choice . He said early on after Vegas fired him he would draw every last cent from them of the salary he had left ....and he came very close to doing that. He might have passed on some teams....who knows ? Not every coaching gig is a desirable one especially when you are sitting around in a World wide Pandemic on a beautiful island that only had about 20 Covid cases for the longest time and playing golf every day and enjoying life with your young grandchildren while making $$ 30,000 a week . LOL..there really is not a whole lot of incentive to head off to a poor team in a Covid filled city . Likely why he put on some weight in that time !
 

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Don Cherry sends his congratulations to the NYR, Gallant and Ryan Reaves. I considered it an awesome clip. Because mostly everything Don Cherry is about I disagree with. And this is probably the first time I agree with what he says. Because why not, Reaves is awesome. He's a physical pillar, that is so chill and relaxed, that can make some moves and do so much more for the confidence of the team than his payroll. But Cherry actually made a great point. The connection between Gallant and Reaves.

And Gallant's style is; just look at Reaves. Look at him go plastering people to the left and right! I cannot believe the amount of hits he manages to throw in a game. So, Gallant means: As long as you go out there like you mean it (like my man Reaves that is an absolute beauty!), I will defend you to the death if it's good for the team.

I mean, he has a point about it. As long as you work hard, do the hell you think is right in what you can bring to the team. It's a very simple yet effective strategy. Play your game and never take a shift off.
 
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Does anyone feel like our style is basically if you took the best parts of Torts and the best parts of Quinn, this is the style you'll get? We still do a lot of east to west but play with a lot more sandpaper.
 
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The next time anyone considers using an appeal to authority argument to defend an NHL front office decision ("well he's an NHL GM and you're not so he must be right!") just remember this man sat home unemployed for a year and a half in a league where retreads and bumpkins like Vignault, Travis Green and David Quinn were making millions.
Well, Gallant sat home last year making millions too.
 

will1066

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Does anyone feel like our style is basically if you took the best parts of Torts and the best parts of Quinn, this is the style you'll get? We still do a lot of east to west but play with a lot more sandpaper.
No. For example, Torts would never allow Kreider to try the Michigan because that's not playing the game the right way. And honestly I don't even know where you came up with the idea any of what we're seeing is from the best of Quinn.
 

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No. For example, Torts would never allow Kreider to try the Michigan because that's not playing the game the right way. And honestly I don't even know where you came up with the idea any of what we're seeing is from the best of Quinn.

I mean, I didn't like Quinn and was one of his most vocal critics but you can't argue the team scored goals with him at the helm. Maybe I say Quinn because it's largely the same players and they can only change so much.
 

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I mean, I didn't like Quinn and was one of his most vocal critics but you can't argue the team scored goals with him at the helm. Maybe I say Quinn because it's largely the same players and they can only change so much.
If I would interpret what you mean, it's a beautiful combination where Quinn tried his disciplined detail game with passing tempo, paired with Gallant just telling his players to do their best at what they're good at, at least physically and move their feet.

Only now when they protect the lead, it's usually more costly for the opposition, because the NYR players still want to do stuff and don't want to become passive just because they play more defensively. And yes, I agree Quinn allowed the offensive game to flow. That no one can take away from him. He had other flaws.

NYR today is a nasty team to play against, because it's more intense and alot more hits thrown than in a long time. I think it's this way from unison that the roster doesn't want to be bullied again with some great additions. Because the size is there. They have great team morale now.

Last year NYR was 13th in hits/ 60. Now they're 5th up in neck with everyone but Islanders and Ottawa. But they have other issues. 5th in blocks from 11th. Slight improvements.
 
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