Post-Game Talk: Rangers 2 - Canadiens 3

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Doubtful. We don't have a Thornton and Lucic to make them pay. Dorsett can't slip and slide his way into payback. Just not in the cards, in that sense.

Can we put in Mcl?

 

[TheTakedown]

Player's go down with injury, others have to come in. Miller's ceiling - in terms of potential and playing ability - is much higher than anyone else's who isn't playing.

Put Moore back on the 4th line, we clearly have a hole on that line now that Carcillo can't play.

Brassard & Richards on the other two lines. Miller with Kreider and Nash.

That needs to be the line.

Yeah, unfortunately, Miller is the ONLY option...

Moore NEEDS to be on the 4th line
Brass needs to be with Zucc and Poo
Richards has ZERO chemistry with Nash

There are no other candidates to take that spot. It's up to miller. On the plus side, Miller and Kreider played well together in the pack...

 

[Bleed Ranger Blue]

Can we put in Mcl?

They could. No idea why they would.

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Seriously have to target subban now

 

[Loff]

Tough way to lose. Get 'em next time boys.

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

They could. No idea why they would.

Target their #1 center

 

[BroadwayBlues]

The only positive is Miller adds speed.

 

[TheTakedown]

Seriously have to target subban now

honestly, their team right now consists of:

Max Pacioretty
Brendan Gallagher
PK Subban
Dustin Tokarski


Everyone else, including Vanek, is worth a bag of pucks at this point.

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

ugh so pissed right now.. I feel like a Bruins fan

 

[TheTakedown]

The only positive is Miller adds speed.

He does... He could keep up with kreider a bit better in rushing situations...

This is the point where it becomes absolutely critical to run 4 deep scoring lines

 

[Miamipuck]

Seriously have to target subban now

No, they seriously have to send them to the golf course and give that whiny city something to whine about.

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

The only positive is Miller adds speed.

The only negative is..he isn't stepan and he can't play D worth ****.. but he can play in the O zone very well

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Brass comes back we give that line #1 minutes.. put miller with Nash and Kreider and make that the#3 line

 

[BroadwayBlues]

Kreider-Miller-Nash
Pouliot-Brassard-Zuccarello
Hagelin-Richards-St.Louis
Boyle-Moore-Dorsett

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Kreider-Miller-Stepan
Pouliot-Brassard-Zuccarello
Hagelin-Richards-St.Louis
Boyle-Moore-Dorsett

Nash is out?

 

[Miamipuck]

Nash is out?

Put Nash in place of Stepan.

 

[Algernop Kreider]

Kreider-Miller-Stepan
Pouliot-Brassard-Zuccarello
Hagelin-Richards-St.Louis
Boyle-Moore-Dorsett

Do you mean Nash instead of Stepan?

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

The only positive is Miller adds speed.

He has many more positives. Before every season begins, my dad and I watch the games where the prospects on the cusp have the majority of the playing time. We determine a few that we think will make actual impacts and follow their progression throughout the season.

When I went to BC, he came up for quite a few hockey games. Before he knew that Kreider was our prospect, he kept telling me that "number 19 for BC is going to be a great player one day". I told him he was our prospect. During the 2012 ECF run, he constantly brought up Kreider. We hated Torts for not giving Kreider a fair shake. AV did, now he's playing great dividends.

We feel the same way about Miller. Miller isn't as electric - his speed isn't as fast as Kreider's, but his skill definitely is (in our opinions). Clearly just because we liked Kreider doesn't mean we are talent evaluators, or anything - but I tend to feel that we are correct more often than not. So take it for what it's worth (which isn't that much to begin with). We have a lot of confidence in Miller. I think he can come in for this short period of time and adequately fill in.

FWIW, we also really liked Kristo's game. Hoping he can get a fair shake next season.

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Richards is the one who has to really step up (no pun intended)

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

Richards is the one who has to really step up (no pun intended)

He is currently the 2nd worst player on the team - 2nd to Dorsett.

Slow, terrible decision making, terrible defensive play. The only thing that is a saving grace for him, in terms of how the fans view him, are his incredibly timely goals - particularly the one he got for us in game 7 against Pitt.

His play has been inexcusable, for someone being paid 6.7 m a year. He is the leader of this team, and I'd love for him to play inspired hockey like he did 3-5 seasons ago... but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Also what are the odds stepan can play game 5? After surgery with face shield

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

Also what are the odds stepan can play game 5? After surgery with face shield

0.01%. That's also in response for game 5 if we make it to SCP.

 

[NYRFAN218]

Kreider-Miller-Nash
Pouliot-Brassard-Zuccarello
Hagelin-Richards-St.Louis
Boyle-Moore-Dorsett

Kreider - Brassard - Nash
Hagelin - Richards - MSL
Pouliot - Miller - Zucc
Boyle - Moore - Dorsett

That's what I go with.

 

[Water1]

Seriously have to target subban now

Agreed
Or patchority, just enough to knock them off their game to make them take stupid penalties. Send a message. Win Sunday and then take them out in Montréal.

 

[BroadwayBlues]

Besides his defense being a liability, the biggest issue I see with Miller is inconsistency. There has been games where he played well (one of the Flyer games?) only to play poorly the next 2 or 3 games.