Nash has to start scoring some 3rd period goals. He killed the Rangers last night by not scoring a goal in the 3rd!
Half-season assessment
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PlamsUnlimited
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Machinehead
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Ratings on a scale from 1-10, based on expectations and what we've actually gotten:
Asham: 4
Bickel: 7 (he does what he's supposed to do, it's not his fault he's put in a position to fail)
Biron: 5
Boyle: 2
Callahan: 7.5
Del Zotto: Don't get me started
Eminger: 7.5
Gaborik: 3.5
Gilroy: 8
Girardi: 4.5
Hagelin: 8.5
Halpern: 7.5
Kreider: 1
Lundqvist: 6
McDonagh: 8
Miller: 6.5
Nash: 10
Powe: 9
Pyatt: 7
Richards: 2.5
Staal: 9.5
Stepan: 9
Stralman: 8
Asham: 4
Bickel: 7 (he does what he's supposed to do, it's not his fault he's put in a position to fail)
Biron: 5
Boyle: 2
Callahan: 7.5
Del Zotto: Don't get me started
Eminger: 7.5
Gaborik: 3.5
Gilroy: 8
Girardi: 4.5
Hagelin: 8.5
Halpern: 7.5
Kreider: 1
Lundqvist: 6
McDonagh: 8
Miller: 6.5
Nash: 10
Powe: 9
Pyatt: 7
Richards: 2.5
Staal: 9.5
Stepan: 9
Stralman: 8
McDunna with Fries
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This is pretty damn good. I can argue numbers for some players, but I don't think any logical person can flat out disagree with any of your assessments.
I think Miller is higher than a 6.5, though. I know this board is really polarized when it comes to MDZ, but I always thought this board had unreasonable expectations for him.
Callagraves
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Matt Rentfree
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I still think the biggest problem with this team is conditioning - or lack thereof. We saw it against Philly earlier in the season and we saw it against Ottawa the other night. Completely out of gas in the 2nd of back to back games, and a big reason why we have given up leads (Boston, NYI) in the 3rd.
Part of conditioning problem is that the bottom 6 and bottom pairing on D are not trusted . It also hurts we
Have been playing from behind a lot ( we've given up th first goal more than 50% I believe ) . When we play from behind Torts shortens the bench ... Vicious cycle . In short lack of depth . Top 6 is OK , especially if Gaborik and Richards play as they are paid . Nash as been worth every dollar . Callahan seems to have rebounded from his shoulder . We have two fourth lines that can't even get the odd goal right now . I've liked Millers play it's energetic , hard on the puck and showing signs of creativity in a straight up n down way but he lacks finish at this point .
Bluenote13
Believe In Henke
Excellent points all around.
Sauer, yet another sad fate in whats been way too many sad outcomes with our draft picks the last 15 years.
Ridiculous MH.
Asham: D+ The Plus goes for not being a liability, but I don't think he fits, gave two good games all season, and get the feeling he is not a fit.
Bickel: C- Better used as a winger than a D. Bad penalties, the inability to throw a hit, and the fact that he has been exposed after his first 30 games in the NHL, Bicks does not inspire confidence out there.
Biron: B+ Holds down the fort and wins games, will be a big part of the team making the playoffs if he can play to his current level.
Boyle: D+ Being kind here because he has value and can play during critical game times, but get the puck in deep, or to the net out there.
Callahan: A- Took about 6-7 games to get back to himself. Just goes about business the right way.
Del Zotto: B Early season offensive pizzaz fizzled, but if DZ can make it sizzle out there with more consistency, ie. on the power play, he easily makes the team that much more dangerous.
Eminger: B Good in limited role, like the way he has played. Stepped up when he's had to.
Gaborik: C+ Starting to pick it up on the left side, but really ineffective during several losses when more was needed out of him
Gilroy: B+ Had one bad game, and it was in MTL when he had to step up and fill minutes. Needs to be matched up, but has done a good job before playing his final shift early in the third period.
Girardi: A Rock Solid.
Hagelin: B+ Slow start, but has really exceeded expectations.
Halpern: B- Thought he was soft early on, but has found a nice role, and does his job well.
Kreider: D- Doesn't get an F for showing a glimmer of life, but after following him during the lockout, this was to be expected... seems to be picking it up lately however.
Lundqvist: B Early season rust is off, but Henke looking back to his old self.
McDonagh: B+ Had a few inexplicably bad periods, but otherwise is a work horse on the back end.
Miller: B Adds to the team, and helps in a winning cause. Will only get better.
Nash: A+ The hype is to be believed.
Powe: A He is a huge piece of the team with what he can provide, solidified the PK.
Pyatt: B- Coming down to earth a little, but fits.
Richards: C+ No show for the first 12-15 games on a lot of shifts, but is getting it together.
Staal: A Another thoroughbred on the back end.
Stepan: A Has been stepping up all season long.
Stralman: B- Played very well, need another one like him on the backend to round things out, maybe Hamr fills the role.
Bickel: C- Better used as a winger than a D. Bad penalties, the inability to throw a hit, and the fact that he has been exposed after his first 30 games in the NHL, Bicks does not inspire confidence out there.
Biron: B+ Holds down the fort and wins games, will be a big part of the team making the playoffs if he can play to his current level.
Boyle: D+ Being kind here because he has value and can play during critical game times, but get the puck in deep, or to the net out there.
Callahan: A- Took about 6-7 games to get back to himself. Just goes about business the right way.
Del Zotto: B Early season offensive pizzaz fizzled, but if DZ can make it sizzle out there with more consistency, ie. on the power play, he easily makes the team that much more dangerous.
Eminger: B Good in limited role, like the way he has played. Stepped up when he's had to.
Gaborik: C+ Starting to pick it up on the left side, but really ineffective during several losses when more was needed out of him
Gilroy: B+ Had one bad game, and it was in MTL when he had to step up and fill minutes. Needs to be matched up, but has done a good job before playing his final shift early in the third period.
Girardi: A Rock Solid.
Hagelin: B+ Slow start, but has really exceeded expectations.
Halpern: B- Thought he was soft early on, but has found a nice role, and does his job well.
Kreider: D- Doesn't get an F for showing a glimmer of life, but after following him during the lockout, this was to be expected... seems to be picking it up lately however.
Lundqvist: B Early season rust is off, but Henke looking back to his old self.
McDonagh: B+ Had a few inexplicably bad periods, but otherwise is a work horse on the back end.
Miller: B Adds to the team, and helps in a winning cause. Will only get better.
Nash: A+ The hype is to be believed.
Powe: A He is a huge piece of the team with what he can provide, solidified the PK.
Pyatt: B- Coming down to earth a little, but fits.
Richards: C+ No show for the first 12-15 games on a lot of shifts, but is getting it together.
Staal: A Another thoroughbred on the back end.
Stepan: A Has been stepping up all season long.
Stralman: B- Played very well, need another one like him on the backend to round things out, maybe Hamr fills the role.
The only team I really fear are the Pens, if we can avoid them in the playoffs, then I like our chances of going to the cup finals.
The team started off the season slow, but picked it up.
The team started off the season slow, but picked it up.
We are coming. The team is finally beginning to come along, consistency is getting there as a whole. Even though we lost in Ottawa we played pretty good and well enough for a win. Not like the first 10 games of the season. We need Marc back though. Lets keep racking up the points.
PlamsUnlimited
Big Church Bells
The Devils came out off the East as a 6th seed and the Kings as an 8th seed last year. That might have been an abberation but the key is to just get into the playoffs as we all know!
cd211
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this is more realistic ratings on how the players are excelling.. I believe they all have room to grow and get better but i think this is an accurate assessment... time will tell in june
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Story of his career, but people give him a pass for reasons that escape my comprehension (usually because he's paired with good defensemen in Staal and McDonagh). I understand he's a decent defenseman, but "decent" is the absolute highest honor I would give him. However with the puck, he's an absolute abomination. He can block shots, hit/use his body occasionally, and his positioning is alright, but I wish he had slightly more limited ice time because whenever he gets near the puck I immediately bury my face in my hands to prepare for the awful play that inevitably follows. Being a minute-eater does not equate to being a #2 defenseman.
McSauer
Defense Wins Games
McDunna with Fries
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Forgot about them
Still, the Pens>>>>Habs
I wouldn't want to face the Bruins either.
Penguins, Canadiens, Senators.
Each of those teams basically own the Rangers. It's so old now it's almost engraved in stone tablets.
NYR won fair and square against Ottawa in the first round last year, but it was touch and go.
Asham: D+
Bickel: D-
Biron: B+
Boyle: D+
Callahan: A+
Del Zotto: C-
Eminger: C
Gaborik: C-
Gilroy: B
Girardi: A+
Hagelin: A-
Halpern: B-
Kreider: D-
Lundqvist: B+
McDonagh: A+
Nash: A+
Powe: B+
Pyatt: A-
Richards: C+
Stepan: B+
Stralman: B
Player evaluation based on roles, output and expectations
Bickel: D-
Biron: B+
Boyle: D+
Callahan: A+
Del Zotto: C-
Eminger: C
Gaborik: C-
Gilroy: B
Girardi: A+
Hagelin: A-
Halpern: B-
Kreider: D-
Lundqvist: B+
McDonagh: A+
Nash: A+
Powe: B+
Pyatt: A-
Richards: C+
Stepan: B+
Stralman: B
Player evaluation based on roles, output and expectations
Now that we're actually at the half way point, I'll give my thoughts:
Considering the shortened season, lack of training camp, the perennial slow start, that we lost some big heart and soul guys (not saying the Nash trade was a bad move, it just clearly impacted chemistry early on), and that we had 6-7 new roster players - depending upon who plays each night - learning a new system, I think the Rangers are in a pretty good place and am optimistic for the rest of the season.
Despite a lot of injuries and inconsistent play from pretty important pieces, we're in a good spot. Once this team gets everyone healthy and if everyone ever gets clicking at the same time, I'm pretty confident that they can beat any team in the league in a 7 game series. Even without those things happening thus far, we are positioned to jump over a few teams for 5th place over the next week if the Rangers we've been seeing lately continue to show up to play.
As much as I hate to say it, I don't see Montreal (or Boston) cooling off anytime soon; so I don't see us breaking into 4th place. I would expect to be a 5th place playoff team unless we are able to overcome Pittsburgh in our division. And even though they have 2 games in hand on us, the only way I see that happening is if we are able to actually win 2 of the 3 remaining games we have against them. If not, absent Pittsburgh seriously faltering or the Rangers turning it up to 11, there just aren't enough games left in the season to make up the difference. The next five games, and the home and home with Pittsburgh (followed by a Carolina game) in early April will determine whether this team is a 5th/6th seed or a top 3 seed.
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The one thing that just absolutely kills me is looking back at the last 24 games and considering how many more points we should have right now. Ignoring the first 4 games - because apparently this team just can't start a season off on the right foot; we should have 7 more points right now (which would have put us 1 pt behind Pitt with 2 games in hand):
- The week from hell where we blow big leads on both Boston and NYI. No excuse for the lazy play we showed in these games after going up big. I called it when we did it two games in a row -- even though we eeked out one point in each of those games, in a shortened season losing the extra pt to NYI and giving BOS an undeserved point could come back to bite us in the ass: +1 pts.
- I know that this team just forgets how to play against Montreal, but how they played during those two games was just pathetic and even despite the poor play the games were largely still within reach and we should have been able to pull out at least one of those games: +2 pts.
- Winnipeg loss was uninspired pretty much all around. ****ing fail. +2 pts.
- Ottawa has been playing well and hard - I'll give them credit, but with their injuries there is no reason we should have lost that game on Friday. Just a painful game to watch. +2 pts.
Even if you just assume we win one of the MTL, WPG, OTT games and don't monumentally choke in the BOS/NYI games, that still would have put us in a drastically different position. On the one hand, tough pill to swallow. On the other, I think that with what the team has dealt with, it bodes well for the second half.
Considering the shortened season, lack of training camp, the perennial slow start, that we lost some big heart and soul guys (not saying the Nash trade was a bad move, it just clearly impacted chemistry early on), and that we had 6-7 new roster players - depending upon who plays each night - learning a new system, I think the Rangers are in a pretty good place and am optimistic for the rest of the season.
Despite a lot of injuries and inconsistent play from pretty important pieces, we're in a good spot. Once this team gets everyone healthy and if everyone ever gets clicking at the same time, I'm pretty confident that they can beat any team in the league in a 7 game series. Even without those things happening thus far, we are positioned to jump over a few teams for 5th place over the next week if the Rangers we've been seeing lately continue to show up to play.
As much as I hate to say it, I don't see Montreal (or Boston) cooling off anytime soon; so I don't see us breaking into 4th place. I would expect to be a 5th place playoff team unless we are able to overcome Pittsburgh in our division. And even though they have 2 games in hand on us, the only way I see that happening is if we are able to actually win 2 of the 3 remaining games we have against them. If not, absent Pittsburgh seriously faltering or the Rangers turning it up to 11, there just aren't enough games left in the season to make up the difference. The next five games, and the home and home with Pittsburgh (followed by a Carolina game) in early April will determine whether this team is a 5th/6th seed or a top 3 seed.
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The one thing that just absolutely kills me is looking back at the last 24 games and considering how many more points we should have right now. Ignoring the first 4 games - because apparently this team just can't start a season off on the right foot; we should have 7 more points right now (which would have put us 1 pt behind Pitt with 2 games in hand):
- The week from hell where we blow big leads on both Boston and NYI. No excuse for the lazy play we showed in these games after going up big. I called it when we did it two games in a row -- even though we eeked out one point in each of those games, in a shortened season losing the extra pt to NYI and giving BOS an undeserved point could come back to bite us in the ass: +1 pts.
- I know that this team just forgets how to play against Montreal, but how they played during those two games was just pathetic and even despite the poor play the games were largely still within reach and we should have been able to pull out at least one of those games: +2 pts.
- Winnipeg loss was uninspired pretty much all around. ****ing fail. +2 pts.
- Ottawa has been playing well and hard - I'll give them credit, but with their injuries there is no reason we should have lost that game on Friday. Just a painful game to watch. +2 pts.
Even if you just assume we win one of the MTL, WPG, OTT games and don't monumentally choke in the BOS/NYI games, that still would have put us in a drastically different position. On the one hand, tough pill to swallow. On the other, I think that with what the team has dealt with, it bodes well for the second half.
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Wow your list is terrible, expectations rated wrong performance rated wrong and overall rated wrong. I appreciate the list though great idea but not even close to accurate
Half Season Grades
Yeah I saw that assessment thread but it was tl;dr for me.
Let's get down to the nitty gritty.
Take expectations into your grading process:
A-: Rick Nash
B+: Carl Hagelin
B: Derek Stepan, McD, Callahan, Gaborik, Lundqvist, Staal, Pyatt
B-: Girardi, MDZ, Stralman, JT Miller, Biron
C+: Richards
C: Bickel, Eminger
C-:Gilroy, Powe, Asham
D: Boyle
F: Krieder, Halpern,
Yeah I saw that assessment thread but it was tl;dr for me.
Let's get down to the nitty gritty.
Take expectations into your grading process:
A-: Rick Nash
B+: Carl Hagelin
B: Derek Stepan, McD, Callahan, Gaborik, Lundqvist, Staal, Pyatt
B-: Girardi, MDZ, Stralman, JT Miller, Biron
C+: Richards
C: Bickel, Eminger
C-:Gilroy, Powe, Asham
D: Boyle
F: Krieder, Halpern,
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