Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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I'm gonna get heat for this, but the truth is, wins and losses are an absolutely terrible indicator of how you're playing.@Machinehead I saw your post in the now deleted Kredier to Van thread. You said they had two fluke runs to the ECF.
My question to you is how can you call those 2 runs to the ECF flukes when you also had another 50 win season in-between those 2 ECF runs?
They have this ability on any given night to do absolutely nothing, and then find a way to make that 1 play out of nowhere to score a goal.@Machinehead I saw your post in the now deleted Kredier to Van thread. You said they had two fluke runs to the ECF.
My question to you is how can you call those 2 runs to the ECF flukes when you also had another 50 win season in-between those 2 ECF runs?
Right, which isn't terribly repeatable and is gonna go in peaks and valleys.They have this ability on any given night to do absolutely nothing, and then find a way to make that 1 play out of nowhere to score a goal.
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I actually don't disagree with any of that. I do believe that there are certain scenarios where a full season or even multiple seasons can in fact be small sample sizes.I'm gonna get heat for this, but the truth is, wins and losses are an absolutely terrible indicator of how you're playing.
Let's say you win 4-3. That's a pretty common score. The sample size is 7. Stretch that out over 10 games, and you have a sample of 70 scoring events. Basketball has 70 scoring events in a game. Ok, so basketball is pretty high-scoring. But in football you still have to go all the way down the field. Every yard is a measurable event. In baseball, every pitch is a measurable event. Both sports are sequenced play by play.
Hockey is a cacophony of speed and a rubber disc bouncing all over the place with no sequencing and very limited control over the object in play. Which shots go in is essentially random, and it's very rare that there's a win or a loss that isn't close to going the other way based on bounces and the whims of the universe.
The Rangers were extremely lucky last year. Add that on top of elite goaltending and an elite powerplay, and you win some games. Anybody who's paying attention to this team and not just saying "hey they won!" will tell you that this team has been an absolute chore to watch for four seasons now.
Actually hoping they get slaughtered in that run of games to cement Drury's position into moving the rotten core and end any thoughts of buying at the deadline.The next 15 games or so will likely determine a lot of futures in NY. Rangers have benefitted from an extremely soft schedule to start the year (2nd easiest in the league) and they have a couple more cupcakes before their schedule becomes a gauntlet. 4 games from now:
Stars
Hurricanes
Devils
Lightning
Panthers
Bruins
Blackhawks
Stars
Devils
Vegas
Colorado
They have a very short window to get it figured out or they're going to be heavily behind the 8 ball for the 2nd half of the year.
Shhhhhh! You'll get accused of "Soft Tampering."They should target Brady Tkachuk.
Hockey is a cacophony of speed and a rubber disc bouncing all over the place with no sequencing and very limited control over the object in play. Which shots go in is essentially random, and it's very rare that there's a win or a loss that isn't close to going the other way based on bounces and the whims of the universe.
The Rangers were extremely lucky last year. Add that on top of elite goaltending and an elite powerplay, and you win some games. Anybody who's paying attention to this team and not just saying "hey they won!" will tell you that this team has been an absolute chore to watch for four seasons now.
Sir, if you could come with me to my office, I need to talk you about tampering.They should target Brady Tkachuk.
Don't FALL for "win now with vets" BS
Trade expensive vets, play da kids
If Drury had listened to Bern Rangers would've expanded window
Zibenejad yes. Panarin has been their best forward this year, again... and was respectable in the playoffs last year. He had 4 game winning goals.The Rangers were always a mid team that was carried by the best goalie in the league. Now the goalie is having a rough stretch and suddenly the team doesn't look so good.
It doesn't help when you spend $20m on two forwards who are among the softest in the league and only show up when they feel like it (Zib and Panarin).
But somehow it's all Trouba's fault
Think it’s unfair to put it on the goaltending. Not to say they haven’t had a bad game or two, but their overall numbers are some of the best in the league analytics-wise. There have also been a lot of games where the team sucks and they put up good numbers and it’s not even talked about because everyone is mad the team lost.Zibenejad yes. Panarin has been their best forward this year, again... and was respectable in the playoffs last year. He had 4 game winning goals.
This season it's not on Panarin, it's the supporting cast. Zibenejad and Kreider have fell off the face of the earth. They're not even half as good as they were 2 years ago. Kreider is just a PP specialist at this point.
Fox has also been mediocre this season. Has left a lot to be desired offensively and defensively. Fox had 17 goals last season, we are 27 games into this season and he has 0. Thats unacceptable for a franchise defense man widely considered top-5 in the league.
Chytil is made of glass. You can't count on him being in the line up.
Miller has been a disappointment this season on the back end.
Shesterkin and Quick have been flat out lousy for them the last couple of weeks. And for some reason, when Shesterkin is at his worst, is when Drury increases his offer to $11.5 million a season.
There are a lot of reasons they've been awful for the last month.