Irishguy42
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Very unimpressive comment. I am guessing you didn't bother to even do a google search or read the press release?
Confirmed with Link: NYR have named David Oliver and Greg Brown as assistant coaches
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Came here to post this.
Whenever I see posters flipping out at a draft selection I think of Bluenote, Stepan and Olver.
TheTakedown
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This. I'm not sure why people keep saying "omg Ruff can't coach defense" when the only thing they've seen of Ruff's "Defense coaching" was under the shit show that is AV "defensive system"... The same system that had similar results under THREE different Defensive coaches
obviously it depends on which young players are on the team...i feel that for this season and this staff what happens between games is more important than what happens during the games. doesn't matter if ruff is on the bench telling the dmen to change if brown is working with pionk, ada, gilmour etc in practice
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Harbour Dog
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That's... interesting.
It sounds like his trip to Sweden wasn't solely to meet with those guys though. If that's the case, then it wouldn't be as egregious an oversight.
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I guess they never taught him basic geography at BU hahahaha.
Harbour Dog
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Hahaha, definitely a head scratcher.
I'm going to choose to believe he's some sort of hockey savant who has no use for extraneous knowledge such as geography or arithmetic.
KirkAlbuquerque
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well yeah, they don't teach geography in college. look at a globe on your own time, its not hard.
LORDE
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Exactly how I view this...
Just like the players, this org has turned an eye towards the future. They want a fresh approach. Also like the players you can’t have a bunch of rookie coaches so Ruff stays on but the reigns have been handed over.
They too, like rookie players, will make their share of mistakes no doubt but the org will deal with the growing pains in hopes that 3 years from now they’re poised to stomp other teams.
As others have said it is, to say the least, refreshing.
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They do. They show them a map and say: this is Boston. Everything outside of that is not Boston.
eco's bones
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That the Rangers would hire guys that Quinn knows and can work with? Would you rather the opposite? People he doesn't know and isn't sure about? Would that be better?
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Rangers hire a experienced coaches: "The NHL has changed. These old coaches aren't going to win"
Rangers hire young coaches: "Very unimpressive. We need experience!"
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Irishguy42
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I mean, it's more than just personnel. Tactically, it could improve.
Also, while the PP1 was great, PP2 was...uh...not.
It is pretty common to hire assistant coaches that the head coach has familiarity with. The fact that they also seem to be the "freshness" that Gorton is looking for is on top of that.
In goals against, we were in the bottom 1/3 last season (10 goals against worse than the 20th worst team in Carolina, 30 goals against better than NYI). 5th worst record.
How good should defense have been?
I think we could have done better if we collapsed and trapped. But what would have been the point? Sometimes people act like we would have been a contender last season if our play just had not imploded. With the injuries we had and the sell-off, our roster downright stinked.
How good should defense have been?
I think we could have done better if we collapsed and trapped. But what would have been the point? Sometimes people act like we would have been a contender last season if our play just had not imploded. With the injuries we had and the sell-off, our roster downright stinked.
Inferno
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The rangers system was abysmal since basically av got here. They've hemorrahaged scoring chances at a near historic level of awfulness in that time. Even the best defensive defenseman in the world is going to screw up with the plethora of switches, instantaneous read and reacts and overload protects that they have to deal with.
I don't think we have a historically be dcorps. I think we had a historically bad defensive scheme.
Do I think we'll be good defensively? No.
Do I think we'll be average defensively? I can certainly see that as a possivility...but even then I don't see us being near as awful in the high danger chances against. And with Henrik that alone should keep us from being a bottom 5 team.
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This was my first thought; and one which I've buried until I get more reason to think it.
