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SlingshotVv said:
Ok, you definitely did not watch Dorsett in Columbus, because this is crazy talk.
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It's easy to remember a moment where a player fired a sick shot, because most players do at times in their career. But if you want to know who is better at scoring goals, then you have to delve into the stats to see who has actually been able to put it in the net.

Over the past six seasons Pyatt has scored more 5v5 goals per minute, has maintained a significantly higher shooting percentage, and averages more shots and shot attempts per minute. The same holds true for every possible chosen period, except last season where Dorsett was slightly ahead of Pyatt. But considering the small sample, especially Dorsett's who was injured it hardly outweighs Pyatt's superiority over the years.

Pyatt is a better goal scorer than Dorsett.
 
Blue Blooded said:
It's easy to remember a moment where a player fired a sick shot, because most players do at times in their career. But if you want to know who is better at scoring goals, then you have to delve into the stats to see who has actually been able to put it in the net.

Over the past six seasons Pyatt has scored more 5v5 goals per minute, has maintained a significantly higher shooting percentage, and averages more shots and shot attempts per minute. The same holds true for every possible chosen period, except last season where Dorsett was slightly ahead of Pyatt. But considering the small sample, especially Dorsett's who was injured it hardly outweighs Pyatt's superiority over the years.

Pyatt is a better goal scorer than Dorsett.
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I don't really think either player's primary value comes from their goalscoring. Pyatt may be a better shooter than Dorsett, but these are two players who's primary value comes from forechecking, hitting and generally affecting the momentum while keeping up good defense.

Dorsett is a far superior player in every capacity except goal scoring, and both players are not really goal scorers, so the importance of the point is very little.
 
JohnC said:
I really like Kreider. Don't understand how saying he doesn't deserve to be on the team over Fast and Miller atm after camp is nasty
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Well I misread what you meant then and for that I apologize.

FWIW Kreider is a slow starter. Has been anyway since his freshman year at BC. He was doing **** until all of a sudden he exploded in the WJC. It's mystifying at times but he tends to finish strong. Most all of our forwards go missing here and there throughout the year. Nash will. Same with Callahan and Hagelin. Richards did a lot of that the last couple years. Pyatt scored all of his points the first 5 or 6 games of the year and the last 5 or 6 games. The 35 to 40 games in between absolutely nothing.
 
Hopefully this a wake up call for Kreider.

New season, new coach, an absolutely abhorrent situation at LW, and he still can't make the team. Thats shameful.
 
Callagraves said:
I don't really think either player's primary value comes from their goalscoring. Pyatt may be a better shooter than Dorsett, but these are two players who's primary value comes from forechecking, hitting and generally affecting the momentum while keeping up good defense.

Dorsett is a far superior player in every capacity except goal scoring, and both players are not really goal scorers, so the importance of the point is very little.
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I'm not a Pyatt lover by any stretch, but TP is much better in the corners than Dorsett is.
 
I wonder what would happen if somehow we had Bickel up as the Forward/defense/tough guy and put together a

Boyle-Richards-Bickel line.

We might create a black hole.
 
I think Dorsett has the potential to be a pretty good third liner, but he hasn't qute found the consistency there yet.
 
haohmaru said:
I'm not a Pyatt lover by any stretch, but TP is much better in the corners than Dorsett is.
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Really? I suppose he may be a bit better, he's a good deal larger, but he doesn't bring the same intensity.

Worth a note, everything I say about Pyatt does not apply to his playoff performance this past year, which I think he was really good in. But he was pretty much worthless the rest of the year.
 
Machinehead said:
Pretty much.

"Kreider on his game" is slowly becoming just like "Zherdev on his game" or "Drury on his game" or "Christensen on his game". Something we see once a month.
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Yep. I've been growing fairly skeptical of him. I'm not as convinced as I was during the playoff call-up run he is going to put it all together.
 
Cresto said:
I wonder what would happen if somehow we had Bickel up as the Forward/defense/tough guy and put together a

Boyle-Richards-Bickel line.

We might create a black hole.
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:laugh:

We should trade for MacIntyre and try to beat the all time low 5v5 CF%.

MacIntyre's career CF% without the stud Colin Fraser is 28%. For reference Wade Redden managed a 26.9% on Ottawa in 07-08, 4v5.

MacIntyre-Richards-Bickel, now that is a line!
 
Callagraves said:
I don't really think either player's primary value comes from their goalscoring. Pyatt may be a better shooter than Dorsett, but these are two players who's primary value comes from forechecking, hitting and generally affecting the momentum while keeping up good defense.

Dorsett is a far superior player in every capacity except goal scoring, and both players are not really goal scorers, so the importance of the point is very little.
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The post I was quoting was questioning the statement that Dorsett had a better shot than Pyatt. I just backed him up.
 
Kreider is still very raw. I think he needs a full season in the AHL. I remember when Canadiens fan were ready to give up on Pacioretty at 22. He sure made them eat his words, and I have a feeling Kreider can definitely do that as well.
 
Crease said:
Disappointed in Kreider.
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We all are. It raises red flags on a player with his size, speed and skillset that he can't make a roster loaded with 3rd and 4th line players. I'm starting to believe that he won't be a Ranger next year.
 
Drewbackatu said:
We all are. It raises red flags on a player with his size, speed and skillset that he can't make a roster loaded with 3rd and 4th line players. I'm starting to believe that he won't be a Ranger next year.
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look no further than the post before you.
BB v2 0 said:
Kreider is still very raw. I think he needs a full season in the AHL. I remember when Canadiens fan were ready to give up on Pacioretty at 22. He sure made them eat his words, and I have a feeling Kreider can definitely do that as well.
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kreider definitely has potential to become a pacioretty like player
 
SlingshotVv said:
Ok, you definitely did not watch Dorsett in Columbus, because this is crazy talk.
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Dorsett seems to have a nice shot from what I've seen in his time here.

It's disappointing that Kreider hasn't been able to stick with the team, but people talk about him like they've already given up on him. Give it time; the Rangers battling to make the playoffs in a shortened season did not help at all.
 
haveandare said:
Eh, I expected McI to struggle. I was hoping he'd be farther along, but realistically, he's still very young and learning a very difficult position.

Kreider is more of a bummer for me personally, because he's shown that he is capable of NHL play in the past and now he looks like he's never been in the league.
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When has Kreider shown that he is capable of being an NHL player outside of his initial appearance in the playoffs 2 years ago? I feel as if people are clinging to that set of 10 or so games like it is actually a large sample size.

If anything Kreider has yet to show he is capable of NHL play for any length of time. Marcel Hossa scored something like 8 goals in 12 games about 6 years ago. Was he an NHL player too?
 
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