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Has Gerard Gallant done his homework?

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will1066 said:
You can also pound a square peg into a round hole 1,000 times and tell people there were 1,000 unsuccssful attempts. Shot attempts on a power play say less than shot attempts at 5v5. Like @duhmetreE said, last year they force-fed a Covid-sick Mika for one-timers and he missed on probably at least half of them. The setups were predictable. When they work, of course it's great, but they force-fed it.
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Maybe I'm doing a terrible job of communicating it.

I know we have had 'overall success' on the PP.... but it's been against the leagues worst structured teams. Blowing up teams like NJD, PHI and BUF does not mean we have a good PP imo. We've had absurd success agains those teams last season and maybe I'm wrong, but that skews the 'overall' numbers.

I'm not talking about those teams. I'm talking about playing top teams in league and our special teams failing us in those games. It lets us down and kills momentum in big games. That's an issue. Telling me we #5 since 2019 doesn't answer my grievances. If you told me we were #5 against top teams, I'd relinquish
 
Amazing the naysayers are out already after ONE game.I think I'll give a guy who took an expansion team with a bunch of misfits to the Stanley Cup Finals in the 1st year the benefit of doubt. Typical of society that now shows little patience I WANT IT NOW ! BTW I live In Vegas and watched Gallant the years he coached here and the Knights were fools to replace him with DeBoer. Gallant doesn't suffer fools and will make changes if so needed.
 
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Vegas Ranger said:
Amazing the naysayers are out already after ONE game.I think I'll give a guy who took an expansion team with a bunch of misfits to the Stanley Cup Finals in the 1st year the benefit of doubt. Typical of society that now shows little patience I WANT IT NOW ! BTW I live In Vegas and watched Gallant the years he coached here and the Knights were fools to replace him with DeBoer. Gallant doesn't suffer fools and will make changes if so needed.
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We were phenomenal imo period 1.

Georgiev, roster choices and special teams. It's magnified because it's similar grievances from last season.
 
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Well Strome had an assist on the Pp last night so he’s gonna be there forever. We need a LHS on that side for the love of god. That would force a pk to respect that side and give Panarin/Zib more space
 
pld459666 said:
Wait, we didn't win the cup after one game?

Fire Gallant
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We were 14/101 against PIT, BOS, WAS, NYI 13.7% on the PP
We were 23/78 against NJ, PHI, BUF 29.4% on the PP

compared to Tampa who was 24/101 against CAR, FLA, NSH, DAL 23.7%

THIS is what I am talking about. This discrepancy. I'm not talking about adding both of those together. I'm talking about 13.7% against contending teams. Is that good enough? I do not think so and this is the problem that has been hammered for a year. I understand a dip in production but this is beyond that.

This is why 'overall average PP stats' don't remedy my concerns. There's a major deviance. Being 'top 5 since 2019' means little in context.... or when it matters.
 
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Bos,Wsh,and NYI were 3 out of 6 of the top Pk teams last year.

Car,Nsh and Dallas were in the bottom half of the league in terms of PK .

That is not remotely close to an apples apples comparison.
Edit: this site blows when posting from my phone, I can't quote.
 
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Miamipuck said:
Bos,Wsh,and NYI were 3 out of 6 of the top Pk teams last year.

Car,Nsh and Dallas were in the bottom half of the league in terms of PK .

That is not remotely close to an apples apples comparison.
Edit: this site blows when posting from my phone, I can't quote.
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it wasn't meant to be an apples to apples comparison. It was meant to show what the top team did against their divisions best.

Maybe I'll go through as see what other teams did in our division if youre looking for better comparisons
 
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It's making me think that the NMC contracts in the locker room run the show.

Bread gets what he wants with Strome on his hip.

Krieder stays on line 1 when he should be on line 3 and pp1.

Mika keeps Krieder on his line.

And most of all, the kids with the exception of Fox have gotten screwed around one way or the other.

I'm not blaming Gallant after one game, but I'm starting to get the idea that the inmates run the asylum, not the guards.
 
Miamipuck said:
Bos,Wsh,and NYI were 3 out of 6 of the top Pk teams last year.

Car,Nsh and Dallas were in the bottom half of the league in terms of PK .

That is not remotely close to an apples apples comparison.
Edit: this site blows when posting from my phone, I can't quote.
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NYI was 19/79 against WAS, BOS, NYR, PITT 24%
WAS was 22/101 against BOS, NYI, NYR, PITT. 21.8%
BOS was 15/90 against WAS, NYI, NYR, PITT 16.7%
PIT was 12/81 against WAS, BOS, NYI, NYR 14.8%
NYR was 14/101 against PIT, BOS, WAS, NYI 13.7%

PHI was 16/94 against the same teams as us 17.0%


top PP? or fools gold?
*this was a quick maf.
 
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duhmetreE said:
NYI was 19/79 against WAS, BOS, NYR, PITT 24%
WAS was 22/101 against BOS, NYI, NYR, PITT. 21.8%
BOS was 15/90 against WAS, NYI, NYR, PITT 16.7%
PIT was 12/81 against WAS, BOS, NYI, NYR 14.8%
NYR was 14/101 against PIT, BOS, WAS, NYI 13.7%

PHI was 16/94 against the same teams as us 17.0%


top PP? or fools gold?
*this was a quick maf.
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Nice work (no sarcasm) and how about neither. You can't make a definite argument/call either way with the small sample size.

The way you aggregated the numbers, you're taking out a top6 ranked PK, obviously one of those teams don't PK against themselves and adding an objectiely worse PK into the totals (NYR), Pit was the only team there that had a worse PK than NYR. So yeah I would be surprised if the other numbers weren't better. Philly was traditionally a good PP, I think 4 out of 5 years they have been in the top half of the league. Their numbers are a bit better, it's not crazy, in absolute terms it's only 2 goals.

To be fair, I don't agree with your PP argument. But that's what makes the world go round. We'll see after the season is over and probably argue this again.
 
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So far we haven't seen Gallant really put his stamp on the team yet. And 2 games in (+ preseason), I guess it doesn't make sense to be demanding of such a thing. But I kinda hope we'll maybe give these set lines one more go on Saturday (they probably don't even have a practice before the morning skate anyway), and after that start juggling if it still isn't clicking.
 
The powerplay for the caps works so well because they utilize the bumper position to it's fullest potential. You can't just cover Ovi, because that's not actually the most dangerous shot. The biggest threat comes from the bumper and if you don't play it right, it's a point blank shot.

Rangers utilize Kreider in front of the net, which is fine, but if Zibanejad is going to attempt to play that bumper position, then Kreider has to move away from the front of the net and back off to the side to be open for passes coming down low, that means Strome needs to back his butt up closer to the boards for Kreider to have an outlet for when Zibanejad isn't open, otherwise possession is lost on a turnover. With Kreider and Zibby right next to each other, you basically have 1 player easily covering 2 NYR players. Kreider needs to play a position that goes back and forth to the front of the net depending on where the play is at.

First line isn't working. Last night Gallant said he doesn't like to change it up but the changes "worked". If he continues to roll the first and second line, they better find a way to produce and carry play or this is going to be tough to watch 2-25 games in.
 
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Ask this in December.

A change I think that needs to happen is Strome off PP1. It keeps everything on the perimeter and eliminates the threat of a shot from the circle. I know he hasn’t been great the first 2 games, but I feel like Laf should be in that spot.
 
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Crease said:
Quinn lost the room and needed to be replaced. That doesn’t mean Quinn was wrong with every lineup decision.

With respect to Gallant, it’s fair to give him more than one regular season game. Hell, it’s fair to give him more than one entire season. New players, new organization, new city. That said, the first half of last night was a LOT better than anything I had seen from the Rangers all of last season. They lost their juice after going down 2-0, but that’s an emotional issue that can be resolved. Looking forward to seeing how this season plays out.
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I'm sorry, but this is an utterly ridiculous statement. The team had some absolutely great stretches last year.
 
Gallant is definitely creating, assembling, collating and keeping notes. Homework starts soon. He's having Gord Murphy read them back to him.
 
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